Time-resolved electric probe measurements in the pulsed-plasma polymerisation of acrylic acid

• Published in: Surface & coatings technology Vol. 194; no. 1; pp. 167 - 174
• Main Authors: Dhayal, Marshal, Bradley, James W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Elsevier B.V 20.04.2005; Elsevier
• Subjects: Acrylic acid; Bombarding ion energy; Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Exact sciences and technology; Materials science; Other topics in materials science; Physics; Pulsed-plasma polymerisation; Thin-film deposition; Time-resolved Langmuir probe; Bombarding ion energy; Thin-film deposition; Pulsed-plasma polymerisation; Acrylic acid; Time-resolved Langmuir probe; Thin films; Plasma; Polymerization; Ion beam coating

Using a combination of radio frequency (RF)-compensated and -uncompensated probes, the temporal evolution of the electron density N e, electron temperature T e and ion impact energy E i (at an electrically isolated surface) have been determined in the pulsed-plasma polymerisation of acrylic acid. Th...