SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPE IMAGING OF POLYANILINE THIN-FILMS IN NONCONTACT MODE

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作者
PORTER, TL [1 ]
SYKES, AG [1 ]
CAPLE, G [1 ]
机构
[1] NO ARIZONA UNIV,DEPT CHEM,FLAGSTAFF,AZ 86001
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10.1002/sia.740211113
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The structure of electropolymerized thin films of polyaniline has been studied using the techniques of contact and non-contact scanning probe microscopy (SPM). Films exposed to Ir+ cations in solution, as well as unexposed films, were examined. Contact-mode SPM images of these films reveal only a diffuse, amorphous surface structure in both types of film, while non-contact SPM images indicate an intricate, nanometer-scale domain structure. Film growth is in a layer-by-layer mode, with each layer consisting of small polymer bundles of average dimension 1000 +/- 75 Angstrom. The Ir+ incorporation in these films does not involve a restructuring of the film morphology. The relevance of the microscopic domain structure to models describing conduction mechanisms in these films is also discussed.
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