ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITIES OF POLY (ALKYL VINYL KETONES) REACTED WITH DOPANT SOLUTIONS

Poly ethyl vinyl ketone (PEVK) and poly methyl vinyl ketone (PMVK) wer e prepared using photochemical processes. The irradiation of monomers with UV light provides a new method, different from the methods previo usly used for the polymerization of these monomers. FTIR and UV spectr oscopies were used for the structure and reaction mechanism of the pol ymers. NMR was used to calculate the conversion percentage of MVK and EVK polymers. The conductivity change at various temperatures was trac ed during reactions of PMVK and PEVK with various dopant concentration s and the activation energy of these reactions were calculated by addi ng dopants and by adjusting the reaction conditions. A new method was developed to increase the conductivity of PMVK and PEVK polymers.