Pyrrole thin films deposited on paper by pulsed RF plasma

• Authors: Halil Şahin
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Attempts were made to plasma deposit an oriented π-conjugated polymer of pyrrole (Py) on paper surfaces in order to produce electrically conductive layers. The N/C atomic ratio of 0.13–0.24 was observed for all treatment conditions. This implies the nature of the deposition formed on the paper surface via pulsed plasma is different from that of pyrrole monomer. An increase in conductivity of all pyrrole-plasma treated papers was observed. The 50 W RF-power with 5 min plasma exposed paper sample shows 8.15 × 10−9 S·cm−1 conductivity. The conductivity measurements indicated a plasma-enhanced ring-opening reaction mechanism of pyrrole. [...]

Keywords

EN

Pulsed plasma; pyrrole; paper surface; conductivity

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 824-834

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2007

online

1 - 9 - 2007

Contributors

author

Halil Şahin

• Department of Forest Products Engineering, Faculty of Forestry, Suleyman Demirel University, 32260, Isparta, Turkey

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11532-007-0025-9