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Effect of O2, N2, Ar, and Ar/O2 Plasma Treatment on Optical Properties of Polyaniline Films

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Polymer chemistry

Abstract

In the current work, improvement of the optical properties of Polyaniline (PAni) films was investigated using cold plasma technique. Samples were treated with different gases including argon (Ar), oxygen (O2), nitrogen (N2) and Ar/O2 mixture using low-pressure dc glow discharge. Films of about 300 nm were fabricated by simple deposition of polyaniline suspension in toluene on glass slides. UV-Vis spectrophotometric measurements of the prepared films showed that plasma treatment resulted in a significant increase in the optical band gap of the films. Plasma treatment was found to increase the band gap energies range from (1.7–1.98 eV) of the untreated films to 1.8-2.42 eV of the treated ones. Exposure to oxygen plasma was found to alter the chemical composition of the films and thus, resulting in a high transmission (over 85%) of the peak centred at 550 nm. This increases the photoelectric performance of the plasma treated polyaniline films

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.66410.3425

Keywords

Polyaniline, Polymer thin films, plasma treatment, Surface modification, Optical properties

Authors

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Khalaf

MiddleName

K

Affiliation

Chief Scientific researchers. Ministry of Sciences and Technology / Baghdad / Republic of Iraq

Email

mohammedkhkh@yahoo.com

City

baghdad

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First Name

Iman

Last Name

Mohammed Ali

MiddleName

A

Affiliation

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Baghdad, Iraq

Email

imana.mohammedali@gmail.com

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First Name

Muhammed Jwair

Last Name

Dathaan

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-

Affiliation

General Directorate of Salahuddin Education, Iraqi Ministry of Education, Salahuddin, Tikrit, Iraq.

Email

mohammedj.dathan@gmail.com

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-

Orcid

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First Name

Muslim

Last Name

Hamil

MiddleName

Idan

Affiliation

Department of physics, College of Science, University of Misan, Maysan, Iraq

Email

muslim.iddan@uomisan.edu.iq

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-

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Volume

64

Article Issue

9

Related Issue

27062

Issue Date

2021-09-01

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2021-03-08

Publish Date

2021-09-01

Page Start

5,111

Page End

5,115

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_165698.html

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Original Article

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297

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

Publication Link

https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

Effect of O2, N2, Ar, and Ar/O2 Plasma Treatment on Optical Properties of Polyaniline Films

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22 Jan 2023