Influence of Different Types of Silanes on the Properties of Nanocomposite PMMA: TiO₂ Thin Films

Abstract:

This paper reported the effect of silane on the electrical properties of the nanocomposite poly(methyl methacrylate): titanium dioxide (PMMA:TiO2) films. Different types of silane were added directly into the nanocomposite PMMA:TiO2 solution. Electrical properties result shows that when different silane were use in the nanocomposite solution give different electrical properties. Sample 1 (without silane) and 4 (trimethoxymethylsilane) shows the highest resistivity and lowest leakage current density. Meanwhile sample 3 (triethoxyvinylsilane) indicate that are not a suitable silane to be added into the nanocomposite PMMA:TiO2 solution because it produce poor insulator behavior.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 667)
• Pages: 255-259
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.667.255
• Online since: March 2013
• Authors: Ismail Lyly Nyl, Zulkefle Habibah, Herman Sukreen Hana, Mohamad Rusop
• Keywords: Electrical Properties, FT-IR, PMMA, Silane, TiO₂

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