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AssigneesUnited States of America as represented by the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and, Space Administration
InventorsGilda Miner, Diane Stoakley, Gregory Gaddy, Brent Koplitz, Steven Simpson, Michael Lynch, Samuel Ruffner
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Self-metallizing polyimide films are created by doping polyamic acid solutions with metallic ions and solubilizing agents. Upon creating a film, the film is exposed to coherent light for a specific time and then cured. The resulting film has been found to have a metallic surface layer and a metallic subsurface layer (interlayer). The layer separating the metallic layer has a uniform dispersion of small metal particulates within the polymer. The layer below the interlayer has larger metal particulates uniformly distributed within the polymer. By varying the intensity or time of exposure to the coherent light, three-dimensional control of metal formation within the film is provided.
A process for the simultaneous formation of a surface and a subsurface metallic layer in polymer films comprising:
A polymer film having a surface and a subsurface metallic layer formed by the process of:
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