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Latent Patterned Surface Metallization of Silver Ion-Doped Polyimide Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Luke M. Davis
Affiliation:
davis71@illinois.edu, College of William and Mary, Chemistry, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Tyler S. Stukenbroeker
Affiliation:
tsstuk@wm.edu, College of William and Mary, Chemistry, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Christopher J. Abelt
Affiliation:
cjabelt@wm.edu, College of William and Mary, Chemistry, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Joseph L. Scott
Affiliation:
jlscott@wm.edu, College of William and Mary, Biology, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
Evguenia Orlova
Affiliation:
exorlo@wm.edu, College of William and Mary, Biology, Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
David Wallace Thompson
Affiliation:
dwthom@wm.edu, College of William and Mary, Chemistry, 540 Landrum Drive, Williamsburg, Virginia, 23187, United States, 757 221 2545
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Abstract

A straightforward ambient temperature route to the fabrication of surface silver-metallized polyimide films is described. Silver(I) trifluoromethane sulfonate and a polyimide, derived from 2,2-bis(3,4-dicarboxyphenyl)hexafluoropropane dianhydride (6FDA) and an equimolar amount of 4,4'-oxydianiline (ODA) and 3,5-diaminobenzoic acid (DABA), were dissolved together in dimethylacetamide. Silver(I)-doped films were prepared at thicknesses of 25-50 microns and depleted of solvent by evaporation. The silver(I)-containing films were then treated with aqueous reducing agents, which brought forth silvered films exhibiting conductivity on the order of bulk polycrystalline silver and good specular reflectivity.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2009

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