A synthesized semi-aromatic copolyamaide through synergy of three different kinds of monomers: Toward high transparency, excellent heat resistance and melt flowing property

To fabricate the low-cost transparent polyamide with high heat resistance and good melt flowing property simultaneously is a huge challenge in many high-end fields due to the contradiction between these two properties. In order to balance this contradiction, in this paper, by using isophthalic acid (IPA, aromatic monomer), 4,4′-methylenebis(cyclohexylamine) (PACM, alicyclic monomer) as rigid stereoscopic monomers, 1,6-hexanediamine (HMD, aliphatic monomer) as the flexible monomer, a series of transparent poly(hexamethylene isophthalamide/poly(m-benzoyl4,4′-methylenebis(cyclohexylamine)) (PA6I/PACMI) with rigid and stereoscopic structure (corresponding to the large distance between adjacent molecular chains) were successfully synthesized. The results indicated that the newly synthesized PA6I/PACMI copolymer has an intrinsically amorphous structure and high optical transparency, which could reach as high as 90%. Furthermore, the highest glass transition temperature ( T g ) of the copolymer is over 153.9°C, at the same time, the copolymer also possesses excellent melt flowing property, which can be melt processed easily. Therefore, the newly synthesized copolymer has great advantages in many fields, and it can also shed light on the design and fabrication of high-performance materials.