Morphological effects in conducting polymer films studied by combined OCM and spectroscopic ellipsometry

E. Sabatani*, E. Ticianelli, A. Redondo, I. Rubinstein, J. Rishpon, S. Gottesfeld

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Abstract

This contribution describes our studies of electrochemically grown conducting polymer (CP) films. We used an instrumental system which enables simultaneous optical (ellipsometric) and microgravimetric (Quartz-Crystal-Microbalance) measurements in situ during CP film growth and during electrochemical cycling. Our paper reviews recent results obtained with this system in the study of films of polyaniline and of polypyrrole in aqueous systems which provides information on film growth mechanisms and on the dependence of film morphology on electrochemical growth conditions and postgrowth treatments. We describe recent measurements of morphological changes in electrochemically grown films of polyaniline induced by the application of electrochemical undoping-redoping cycles.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1293-1298
Number of pages6
JournalSynthetic Metals
Volume55
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Mar 1993
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
Advanced Industrial Materials Department of Energy

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