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Polymerization of 3-Methoxythiophene in a Direct-Current Discharge

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Thin polymer films were obtained from 3-methoxythiophene at the cathode in a dc discharge. It was found using Fourier transform IR spectroscopy that thiophene rings were the main structural units of the polymer; aliphatic fragments and oxygen-containing groups were also present. The polymer based on 3-methoxythiophene was found to exhibit p-type intrinsic conduction with an activation energy of 0.045 eV. The conductivity of the polymer at 20°C was 10−8 Ω−1 cm−1, and doping with iodine resulted in a rise in conductivity to 10−3 Ω−1 cm−1.

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  1. Institute of Synthetic Polymeric Materials, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Profsoyuznaya 70, Moscow, 117393, Russia

    A. I. Drachev, A. B. Gil’man & V. G. Krasovskii

  2. “DiChep G.B. Bonino” State University of Genoa, 15 Via O. Pia, 16145, Genoa, Italy

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Translated from Khimiya Vysokikh Energii, Vol. 39, No. 5, 2005, pp. 382–385.

Original Russian Text Copyright © 2005 by Drachev, Gil’man, Krasovskii, Costa-Belobrzeckaja.

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Drachev, A.I., Gil’man, A.B., Krasovskii, V.G. et al. Polymerization of 3-Methoxythiophene in a Direct-Current Discharge. High Energy Chem 39, 333–336 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10733-005-0066-6

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