Abstract
We demonstrate that a porous polyimide membrane can be fabricated by curing liquid polyimide on a vertically oriented silicon nanowire array and selectively etching away the nanowire-array-template using xenon difluoride (XeF2). Pore size and density using the described technique are controllable. The former is dependent on nanowire diameter and the duration of etching, whereas pore density is determined by silicon nanowire density. We believe that the described porous membrane fabrication method can be applied to various polymer and nanowire systems.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 933-936 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Materials Letters |
Volume | 63 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2009 Apr 30 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported in part by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation through the Pioneer Converging Technology Program (No. M10711160001-08M1116-00110).
Keywords
- Membranes
- Nanomaterials
- Nanowires
- Polyimide
- Polymers
- Porosity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Materials Science(all)
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering