Polyimide foams derived from a high Tg polyimide with grafted poly(α-methylstyrene)

Polyimide foams derived from a high Tg polyimide with grafted poly(α- methylstyrene)

A new route to high-Tg, thermally stable polyimide foams has been developed. Foams were prepared by casting microphase-separated graft copolymers comprising a thermally stable main chain, polyimide, and a thermally labile graft, poly(α-methylstyrene). The copolymer compositions were designed so that the thermally labile block would be the dispersed phase. This can unzip to its monomer upon heat...

High-performance electrospun co-polyimide nanofibers

Co-polyimide nanofiber based on BPDA (3, 30 , 4, 40-Biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride)/PDA (p-Phenylene-diamine)/ODA (4, 40-Oxydianiline) (BPO) were produced by electrospinning followed by imidization from precursor polyamic acid (PAA) nanofiber. The aligned co-polyimide nanofiber mats possessed a modulus, strength and strain-at-break of respective 10 GPa, 1.04 GPa, and 13.5%. In comparison w...

Polyimide-matrix Chemical-selective Membranes

Preliminary work using polyimide (PI) as the polymer matrix for permselective membranes is reported in this paper. The excellent adhesion of polyimide may be helpful in extending solid-state chemical sensor lifetimes. Electrochemical performance and adhesion to S&N, of these membranes is compared to that of conventional PVC-based membranes.

Novel Thermoplastic Polyimide Composite Materials

Biosensors Using Micromachined Polyimide Probes

This paper explores the electrochemical patterning of thin metal films using a scanning probe tip as an electrode. In particular, a masking nickel film is etched to reveal a gold pattern to which biomolecules like liposomes and proteins can be attached after treatment with functionalized self assembled monolayers (SAMs) of gold-thiolate. The machining is performed by ultracomplaint polyimide mi...