Journal
THIN SOLID FILMS
Volume 583, Issue -, Pages 255-263Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2015.03.043
Keywords
Thin film; Deposition; Conducting polymers; Polypyrrole; Anionic dopants
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- Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council [38119]
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The effect of different dopant anions on deposition and characteristics of polypyrrole (PPy) thin film has been studied in this work. Ultra-thin films of conducting PPy were deposited on insulating surfaces of glass and oxidized silicon wafer by in situ chemical polymerization in the presence of different anionic dopants including sodium dodecylbenzenesulfonate, sodium dodecyl sulfate, a-naphthalene sulfonic acid, anthraquinone-2-sulfonic acid sodium saltmonohydrate/5-sulfosalicylic acid dehydrate, and camphor sulfonic acid. Hydrophilic/hydrophobic properties and morphology of the self-assembled monolayer of N(3-trimethoxysilylpropyl) pyrrole, the surface modifying agent in this work, and PPy thin films were characterized before and after deposition by contact angle measurements, field emission scanning electron microscopy, and atomic force microscopy. Chemical structure, thickness, and conductivity of the thin films were also studied by attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectrometer, ellipsometry, and four-point probe measurements. The results showed deposition of thin films of conducting PPy with comparable thickness in the range of 6-31 nm and different morphologies, uniformity, and smoothness with average roughness in the range of 0.3-6 nm and relatively high range of conductivity on the modified surfaces. (C) 2015 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.
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