Characterisation of nanosize thin films of electrografted N-vinylcarbazole copolymers (P[NVCz-co-VBSA] and P[NVCz-co-3-MeTh]) onto carbon fibre: AFM, XPS, and Raman spectroscopy

A. Sezai Sarac; Marina Serantoni; Syed A.M. Tofail; John Henry; Vincent Cunnane; James B. McMonagle

doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2004.09.095

Characterisation of nanosize thin films of electrografted N-vinylcarbazole copolymers (P[NVCz-co-VBSA] and P[NVCz-co-3-MeTh]) onto carbon fibre: AFM, XPS, and Raman spectroscopy

A. Sezai Sarac, Marina Serantoni, Syed A.M. Tofail, John Henry, Vincent Cunnane, James B. McMonagle

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N-Vinylcarbazole-containing random copolymers were electrochemically coated (grafted) onto micron-size carbon fibre by constant current electrolysis and the resulting nanosize thin films of polymers and copolymers were characterised using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Raman spectroscopy. The efficiency of the electrocopolymerisation process on the carbon fibre surfaces under preparative constant current electrolysis conditions, depending on experimental conditions, was evaluated in order to ascertain the effects of copolymer thickness, dopant and morphology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	183-198
Number of pages	16
Journal	Applied Surface Science
Volume	243
Issue number	1-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2004.09.095
Publication status	Published - 30 Apr 2005

Keywords

AFM
Carbon fibre
Nanosize polymer coatings
Raman spectroscopy
Random conductive copolymers
XPS

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Characterisation of nanosize thin films of electrografted N-vinylcarbazole copolymers (P[NVCz-co-VBSA] and P[NVCz-co-3-MeTh]) onto carbon fibre: AFM, XPS, and Raman spectroscopy. / Sarac, A. Sezai; Serantoni, Marina; Tofail, Syed A.M. et al.
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