ISSN:
0887-624X
Keywords:
KrF excimer laser
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dehydrochlorination
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poly(vinylidenechloride&)
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film
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polyene and polyyne structures
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Chemistry
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Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
Notes:
The surface dehydrochlorination of poly(vinyldenchloride) film was performed to produce a conjugated polyyne and polyene structures by photo-irradiation with a KrF excimer laser at 248 nm in a vacuum chamber. The reaction was confirmed by detection of HCl with a mass spectrometer and by measurement of chlorine content on the film with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. UV-visible absorption spectroscopy for the laser-treated film showed the formation of new broad absorption bands in the visible and near IR region, indicating that sequential dehydrochlorination induced the formation of conjugated carbon multiple bonds in the polymer chain. Its conjugation number is estimated to be 30 for a triple bond and 10-25 for a double bond from the peak positions on the Raman spectrum of the film. ESR spectra of laser-irradiated PVDC powder also showed long-lived radicals having a narrow band width (ΔHpp = 0.15 mT), suggesting that the radicals were delocalized on the conjugated bonds. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J. Polym. Sci. A Polym. Chem. 36: 2483-2487, 1998
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
