PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF PLASMA-POLYMERIZED THIOPHENE (PPT) CONDUCTING FILMS

This paper presents, for the first time, conducting films of polythiophene prepared by plasma-polymerization. In this technique, ionized argon is the initiating species for the polymerization of thiophene in a region away from the high RF flux-density. These films displayed a conductivity of 1.8 x 10(-4) S cm-1 after doping with iodine. The surface morphology of the films deposited away from the high RF flux-density region showed topology similar to the films prepared by electrochemical methods. The films deposited near the high RF flux-density region showed a platelet structure.