Plasma Copolymerization of Thiophene and Pyrrole
- Resource Type
- Periodical
- Authors
- Goktas, H.; Gunes, T.; Atalay, B.; Er, A. O.; Kaya, I.
- Source
- IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on. 39(11):2578-2579 Nov, 2011
- Subject
- Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Discharges
Plasmas
Cathodes
Polymers
Anodes
Fault location
Glow discharges
Copolymer
plasma polymerization
pyrrole
thiophene
- Language
- ISSN
- 0093-3813
1939-9375
The copolymerization of thiophene and pyrrole thin films synthesized by using a double discharge technique which has a fast filamentary discharge formed from the superposition of an ordinary low-pressure dc glow discharge and a high-current pulsed one is presented. Quartz glass substrates were coated at a pressure of 0.8 mbar and 19-kV pulsed and 2-kV dc potentials. The analysis of functional groups by FTIR spectrometry showed that the molecular structure of the copolymerized thin films with the filamentary discharge part almost preserves the conventional polymeric structure.