Abstract
Pulsed IR laser ablation of poly(ethylene-alt-maleic anhydride) results in the deposition of polymeric films possessing the same ratio of anhydride and -CH2- groups and represents a very rare example of laser ablative deposition of polymeric films that are structurally identical to the ablated polymer. This process differs from the conventional thermolysis of poly(ethylene-alt-maleic anhydride) that is controlled by expulsion of CO 2 and CO and yields a nonpolar polymeric residue. The IR laser ablation of poly(ethylene-alt-maleic anhydride) in sodium metasilicate affords deposition of polymeric films containing carboxylate (-CO2 -) groups. This process is the first example of reactive ablation in which the deposited polymeric film incorporates constituents of two different species exposed to laser radiation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 3887-3893 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Chemistry of Materials |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 20 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 7 Oct 2003 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- General Chemical Engineering
- Materials Chemistry