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Analysis of polymer surfaces by SIMS: Part 15. Oxygen‐functionalized aliphatic homopolymers
Author(s) -
Chilkoti Ashutosh,
Ratner Buddy D.,
Briggs David
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.740180807
Subject(s) - polymer , fragmentation (computing) , chemistry , oxygen , secondary ion mass spectrometry , static secondary ion mass spectrometry , polymer chemistry , chemical structure , oxygen atom , ion , organic chemistry , molecule , computer science , operating system
Abstract The positive and negative ion spectra from simple oxygen‐containing aliphatic homopolymers (i.e. ethers, ketones, carboxylates and backbone esters) are reported. Interpretation of the static SIMS fragmentation patterns of these polymers is shown to be related to the structure of the polymer, in particular its heterofunctionality. A systematic investigation of the atomic secondary anions that are ubiquitous to all organic polymers reveals that their relative yields are not devoid of chemical information, but appear to be related to polymer structure.