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Silver-Polyimide Nanocomposite Films Yielding Highly Reflective Surfaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Robin E. Southward,
C. J. Dean,
J. L. Scott,
S. T. Broadwater and
D. W. Thompson
Robin E. Southward
Affiliation:
Structure and Materials Competency, NASA, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681
C. J. Dean
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187
J. L. Scott
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187
S. T. Broadwater
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187
D. W. Thompson
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187
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Abstract

Highly reflective surface-metallized flexible polyimide films have been prepared by the incorporation of the soluble silver ion complex (1,1,1-trifluoroacetylacetonato)silver(I) into dimethylacetamide solutions of the poly(amic acid) prepared from 2,2-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)-hexafluoropropane dianhydride (6FDA) and 2,2-bis[4-(4-aminophenoxy)phenyl]hexafluoro-propane (4-BDAF). Thermal curing of solution cast silver(I)-poly(amic acid) films leads to cycloimidization of the amic acid with concommitant silver(I) reduction and formation of a reflective surface-silvered film at 8 and 13 weight percent silver. The metallized films are thermally stable and flexible with mechanical properties similar to those of the parent polyimide. TEM reveals that the bulk (interior) of the polyimide composite films have 5-20 nanometer-sized silver particles with a surface layer of silver metal ca. 80 nm thick. Neither the bulk nor the surface of the films is electrically conductive. Adhesion of the surface metal to polyimide is excellent.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 707: Symposium AA – Self-Assemble Processes in Materials , 2001, AA8.2.1/V10.2.1
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2002

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