Patent ID: 6060170
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: C08G,C08L,H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A composition comprising a poly(arylene ether) polymer having a graft which graft can be thermally induced to crosslink the polymer, wherein said polymer having said graft has the structure: ##STR42## wherein m=0 to 1.0; and n=1.0-m; and Ar.sub.1, Ar.sub.2 , Ar.sub.3 and Ar.sub.4 are individually arylene radicals, and G.sub.1-8 are individually: H, ##STR43## or mixtures thereof, wherein Z is the average number of G radicals which are I or II per repeating unit of said polymer and Z is in the range of 0.1 to 4.0, where R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are individually H or alkoxy radical, wherein the alkoxy radical can have a normal or branched alkyl radical of C.sub.1-8, and further wherein said poly(arylene ether) polymer consists essentially of non-functional repeating units wherein Ar.sub.1, Ar.sub.2, Ar.sub.3 and Ar.sub.4 are individually arylene radicals selected from the group consisting of; ##STR44## and mixtures thereof, but Ar.sub.1 and Ar.sub.2 or Ar.sub.3 and Ar.sub.4, other than the diradical 9,9-diphenylfluorene, are not isomeric equivalents.