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Chemical Investigation on Various Aromatic Compounds Polymerization in Low Pressure Helium Plasma

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Remarkable properties of plasma polymer films are greatly dependent not only on the chemical structure of precursor but also on the reactor design and the deposition conditions. In many industrial applications it is a challenge to control the plasma polymer structure. In this paper we investigate the chemical transformation of various aromatic compounds, such as activation and fragmentation of substituent-part, aromatic ring opening, during plasma polymerization process. Polymerized films are deposited in a low-frequency capacitively coupled plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition reactor, working at low pressure. The chemical composition of plasma-polymerized films is elucidated by Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, solid-state carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Based on spectroscopic measurements, the intermediary reactions during film growth may be presumed.

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Acknowledgments

Philippe Gaveau, Marius Dobromir and Romain Coustel are gratefully acknowledged for their valuable help in 13C-NMR, XPS and SEM analyses, respectively. This work was supported by European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (Grant Agreement No. 264115-STREAM, call FP7-REGPOT-2010-1) and Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), project STAR CDI ID 349/2014-2016.

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  1. Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 41A Grigore Ghica Voda Alley, 700487, Iasi, Romania

    Mihai Asandulesa & Valeria Harabagiu

  2. Faculty of Physics, Iasi Plasma Advanced Research Center (IPARC), Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, 11 Carol I Boulevard, 700506, Iasi, Romania

    Ionut Topala

  3. UMR 5635 (CNRS-ENSCM-UMII), Institut Européen des Membranes, Place Eugène Bataillon CC047, 34095, Montpellier Cedex 5, France

    Yves-Marie Legrand, Stephanie Roualdes & Vincent Rouessac

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Paper dedicated to the 65th anniversary of “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of Romanian Academy, Iasi, Romania.

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Asandulesa, M., Topala, I., Legrand, YM. et al. Chemical Investigation on Various Aromatic Compounds Polymerization in Low Pressure Helium Plasma. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 34, 1219–1232 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-014-9555-z

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