Published December 5, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

Preparation of polythiophene composite film by in situ polymerization at room temperature and its gas response studies

  • 1. School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Shandong State Key Laboratory of Indoor Air and Environment, Yantai University, Yantai 264005 (China) and Shandong Research Institute of Non-metallic Materials, Jinan 250031 (China) and Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027 (China)
  • 2. National Laboratory of Industrial Control Technology, Institute of Advanced Process Control, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027 (China)
  • 3. School of Environmental and Material Engineering, Shandong State Key Laboratory of Indoor Air and Environment, Yantai University, Yantai 264005 (China)
  • 4. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027 (China)

Description

Polythiophene composite film was formed via in situ polymerization at room temperature onto interdigital carbon electrodes immersed into the monomer-oxidant contained mixture by adding a small amount of boron trifluoride etherate. Examinations on the gas sensitivity of polythiophene composite film to a series of vapors were carried out. It was found that the film showed good sensitivity to ammonia, as well as fast response and good reproducibility. Furthermore, the polymer film sensor could be easily recovered by high-purity N2

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.tsf.2006.07.081;
PII
S0040-6090(06)00897-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Thin Solid Films
Journal Volume
515
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 2700-2704
ISSN
0040-6090
CODEN
THSFAP

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Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.