Flexible Conductive Polymer Film Grafted with Azo-Moieties and Patterned by Light Illumination with Anisotropic Conductivity
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental
2.1. Materials
2.2. Sample Preparation
2.3. Sample Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Band Position, cm−1 | Assignment |
---|---|
1746 | C=O in PLLA |
1587 | Ar ring |
1520 | N=N trans |
1507 | NO2 str |
1450 | CH2 vib in PLLA |
1381 | SO2 str in PSS |
1367 | N=N trans |
1341 | CH2 def in PLLA |
1294 | NO2 str |
1272 | S=O vib in PEDOT |
1178 | O–C–O str in PLLA |
1125 | O–C–O str in PEDOT |
1075 | C–O str in PLLA |
1038 | O–S–O str in PSS |
1008 | Ar ring |
992 | Ar ring |
957 | C–S stretch in PEDOT |
923 | Ar ring |
866 | CH2 def in PLLA |
756 | CH2 def in PLLA |
738 | Ar ring |
699 | Ar ring |
676 | C–S stretch in PEDOT |
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Kalachyova, Y.; Guselnikova, O.; Hnatowicz, V.; Postnikov, P.; Švorčík, V.; Lyutakov, O. Flexible Conductive Polymer Film Grafted with Azo-Moieties and Patterned by Light Illumination with Anisotropic Conductivity. Polymers 2019, 11, 1856. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11111856
Kalachyova Y, Guselnikova O, Hnatowicz V, Postnikov P, Švorčík V, Lyutakov O. Flexible Conductive Polymer Film Grafted with Azo-Moieties and Patterned by Light Illumination with Anisotropic Conductivity. Polymers. 2019; 11(11):1856. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11111856
Chicago/Turabian StyleKalachyova, Yevgeniya, Olga Guselnikova, Vladimir Hnatowicz, Pavel Postnikov, Vaclav Švorčík, and Oleksiy Lyutakov. 2019. "Flexible Conductive Polymer Film Grafted with Azo-Moieties and Patterned by Light Illumination with Anisotropic Conductivity" Polymers 11, no. 11: 1856. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11111856