PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PLASMA-POLYMERIZED N-VINYL-2-PYRROLIDONE FILMS

Thin films (-1 which were unique to the plasma polymer and derived from lactam ring opening/breaking reactions. ESCA studies demonstrated that, under a given set of plasma reaction conditions, the surface composition was consistent throughout the reactor. However, polymer composition was influenced by larger changes in the plasma energy, since the nitrogen content was found to decrease with increasing W/FM. This corresponded to concomitant increases in the advancing water contact angles and to small but reproducible changes in the IR spectrum.