THE ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION OF POLY(N-VINYLCARBAZOLE) FILMS

Journal article

The potentiostatic anodic oxidation of thin coats of poly(N-vinylcarbazole) on platinum electrodes, which produces electrically conductive polymers, is shown to involve cross-linking of the polymer chains through the oxidation of up to 50% of the carbazole moieties in the coat, followed by rapid dimerisation of the resulting pendant carbazole cation radicals; this, in turn, is followed by a further reversible 2-electron oxidation of the resulting dimeric carbazole entity.

Authors: Davis, F; Block, H; Compton, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: JOURNAL OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY-CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS
• Issue: 13
• Pages: 890-892
• Publication date: 1984-01-01
• DOI: 10.1039/c39840000890
• ISSN: 0022-4936
• Language: English