  Bismaleimide (BMI) are thermosetting polymers mainly used in aerospace
applications having properties of dimensional stability, low shrinkage,
chemical resistance, fire resistance, good mechanical properties and high
resistance against various solvents, acids, and water. BMI is commercially
available as Homide 250. BMI coating has also been used for the corrosion
protection. Metallization (AL) of BMI using vacuum evaporation was done which
serves the purpose of prevention of space charge accumulation in aircraft
bodies. Addition of inorganic materials like metal oxides can influence the
properties of the polymer as an inorganic-organic composite. The
organic-ionorganic composites have wide applications in electronics, optics,
chemistry and medicine. Titanium dioxide (TiO2, Titania) has a wide range of
applications starting from photocatalysis, dye-sensitized solar cells to
optical coatings and electronics. A BMI-TiO2 composite was prepared by chemical
route. Atmospheric Plasma Jet (APPJ) using Helium gas was also treated on BMI.
XRD and FTIR studies of the composite system prepared at different temperatures
showed its crystalline and structural configuration.
