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Full Paper High-Tg Transparent Poly(ether sulfone)s Based on Phosphinated Bisphenols Ching Hsuan Lin,* Sheng Lung Chang, Tsai Pei Wei The preparation of high-Tg transparent polymers from poly(ether sulfone)s with bulky phosphinate pendants is described. Poly(ether sulfone)s P1–P3 based on biphenylene phos- phinate-substituted bisphenols were prepared. The thermal properties of P1 and P2 were studied and compared with a bisphenol-A-based poly(ether sulfone). P1 and P2 are flexible, foldable, and highly transparent with a cutoff wavelength around 327 and 328 nm, respect- ively. They display higher glass tran- Y Y sition temperature (258 and 274 8C) and O pTSA O PCO OH + H-OH HO OH lower coefficient of thermal expansion X O P O X Y H Y HO (d ¼ 48 ppm per 8C by TMA) than those X=CH ; Y=H for (1) 3 X=CH 3; Y=CH3 for (2) of P0 (208 8C and d ¼ 57 ppm per 8C). X=H; Y=H for (3) Introduction