Thermally treated polyamic amide aerogel

Abstract

A thermally treated open-cell structured polymeric material comprising a polyamic amide containing polymer is disclosed. The polyamic amid containing polymer can have a repeating structural unit of: where X is a first organic group having at least two carbon atoms, Y is a second organic group having at least two carbon atoms, Z and Z′ are each independently a hydroxyl group or a nitrogen containing hydrocarbon compound comprising at least one secondary nitrogen with the proviso that that at least one of Z or Z′ is the nitrogen containing hydrocarbon compound comprising at least one secondary nitrogen, and m and n are average number of repeat units per chain ranging from 1 to 2000.

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