Preparation and structural properties of Fe3O4-polyimide hybrid nanocomposites

SEÇKİN T., VURAL S., KÖYTEPE S.

POLYMER BULLETIN, vol.64, no.2, pp.115-126, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 64 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2010
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00289-009-0135-y
  • Journal Name: POLYMER BULLETIN
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.115-126
  • Inonu University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Polyimide films in which magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles are uniformly distributed are prepared. Before the preparation of the Fe3O4-polyimide composites, pure magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4) have been synthesized in water by co-precipitation (from ferric chlorides). Its surface was firstly modified with the 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane. The prepared polyimide-Fe3O4 nanocomposite films were characterized for their structure, morphology, and thermal behavior employing Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron micrograph, X-ray diffraction, and thermal analysis (DTA/TGA/DSC) techniques.