The laws of deformation of an amorphous polyimide (PI) film when it is stretched in the temperature range 1.6–300 K

A first-time presentation of a wide range of charts imaging the stretch of amorphous polyimide (PI) film samples in the 300–1.6 K temperature range and an analysis of how temperature affects the conditional limit of fluidity, strength, and deformation of this film at the indicated temperatures. The athermal character of the breaking stress below the temperature of liquid nitrogen and its thermally activated behavior above 80 K are demonstrated. We also analyze the features of the behavior of glassy PI film samples that are stretched at low temperatures and then unloaded and warmed up to room temperatures.