Published July 2005 | Version v1
Journal article

Degradation of polyimide under irradiation with swift heavy ions

  • 1. Department of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Hans Meerwein Street, D-35043 Marburg (Germany)
  • 2. Gesellschaft fuer Schwerionenforschung (GSI), Planckstreet 1, D-64291 Darmstadt (Germany)
  • 3. Deutsches Kunststoff-Institut (DKI), Schlossgartenstreet 6, D-64289 Darmstadt (Germany)

Description

Stacks of polyimide foils were irradiated with different swift heavy ions (Ti, Mo, Au) of 11.1 MeV/nucleon energy and fluences between 1 x 1010 and 2 x 1012 ions/cm2. Beam-induced degradation of the imide group was analyzed by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy studying the absorption band at 725 cm-1 as a function of dose. In the UV-Vis spectral range, the absorption edge is shifted to larger wavelengths indicating carbonization. Such modifications are linked to the deposition of a critical dose of 2.7 MGy (Ti) and 1 MGy (Mo, Au). In addition, irradiation-induced changes of the electrical conductivity were studied by means of dielectric spectroscopy

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nimb.2005.04.019;
PII
S0168-583X(05)00528-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section B, Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
Journal Volume
236
Journal Issue
1-4
Journal Page Range
p. 456-460
ISSN
0168-583X
CODEN
NIMBEU

Conference

Title
6. international symposium on ionizing radiation and polymers
Acronym
IRaP 2004
Dates
25-30 Sep 2004
Place
Houffalize (Belgium)

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