A photoactive highly fluorinated diamine was synthesized, characterized, and used in preparation of structurally confirmed poly(imidazole-ether-imide)s (PIEIs). These polymers showed excellent solubility, moderate viscosities, good thermal stability (T g = 230-280°C, T i = 390-435°C, T 10% = 480-510°C), low dielectric constant (2.60-2.76), and water absorptions. The PIEIs films showed highly optical transparency with light transmittance at 550 nm of as high as 80% and cutoff wavelength of as low as 390 nm. These polymers exhibited fluorescence emission peaks around 410-490 nm with the quantum yields measured in solution varied from 12 to 32%.
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