PLASMA-POLYMERIZED CHLOROBENZENE

Polymer films using chlorobenzene as monomer were prepared by the meth od of plasma enhanced chemical vapour deposition (PECVD). IR absorptio n spectra of products of polymerization reaction were studied in the w avenumber range from 400 cm-1 to 4000 cm-1. The spectra confirmed the presence of polymer product but on the other hand showed that plasma p olymerization of chlorobenzene leads to the breaking of some bonds in the substituted benzene ring resulting in the appearance of conjugate alkenes of different lengths.