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Plasma‐induced polymerization
Author(s) -
Epaillard F.,
Brosse J. C.,
Legeay G.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.1989.070380510
Subject(s) - polymerization , monomer , photochemistry , chain transfer , plasma polymerization , plasma , radical , materials science , acrylate , polymer chemistry , excited state , chemistry , polymer , radical polymerization , organic chemistry , atomic physics , physics , quantum mechanics
Low vapor tension polymerized acrylates as thin films when they are subjected to a cold plasma. The plasma‐induced polymerization is described in terms of direct or indirect energy transfer from the plasma to the monomer. The indirect transfer is related to the absorption of UV‐visible radiations by the monomer. The radiations are emitted from excited species of the plasma. Direct transfers correspond to the reactive species collision (radicals, ions metastable species) with a molecule of monomer. The polymerization is a result of these two kinds of transfers. Direct transfers lead to competitive reactions (addition, terminations and degradation, etc.) and acrylate polymerization is mostly induced by the UV‐visible radiations.