Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1998, 63, 53-56
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19980053

Water Transport and Sorption in Polyimide-Polysiloxane Copolymers

Petr Sysela, Vladimír Hynekb and Milan Šípekb

a Department of Polymers, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, 166 28 Prague 6,Czech Republic
b Department of Physical Chemistry, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, 166 28 Prague 6, Czech Republic

Abstract

Water transport through and sorption in films of polyimide-polysiloxane block copolymers were studied at 25 °C and atmospheric pressure. The permeability and diffusion coefficients and, to a certain extent, also the sorbed amount were found to depend on the content of the polysiloxane blocks.

Keywords: Copolymerizations; Block copolymers; Polyimides; Polyimide-polysiloxane copolymers; Polysiloxanes; Water sorption.