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Highly Reflective and Surface Conductive Silver-Polyimide Films Fabricated Via Reduction of Silver(I) in a Thermally Curing Poly(Amic Acid) Matrix

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

R. E. Southward ,
D S. Thompson ,
D. W. Thompson ,
J. L. Scott  and
S. T. Broadwater
R. E. Southward
Affiliation:
National Research Council Postdoctoral Associate, Materials Division, NASA-Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681
D S. Thompson
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
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
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Abstract

Highly reflective and surface conductive silvered polyimide films have been prepared by the incorporation of the (1,1,1-trifluoro-2,4-pentanedionato)silver(I) complex into a dimethylacetamide solution of the poly(amic acid) formed from 3,3',4,4'-benzophenone tetracarboxylic acid dianhydride (BTDA) and 4,4'-oxydianiline (ODA). Thermal curing of the silver(I)- containing poly(amic acid) films leads to cycloimidization with concomitant silver(I) reduction yielding a reflective and conductive silvered film surface.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 551: Symposium JJ – Materials in Space-Science, Technology & Exploration , 1998 , 163
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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