Laser ablative structural modification of poly(ethylene-alt-maleic anhydride)

Josef Pola*, Jaroslav Kupčik, Sardar M.A. Durani, Ehsan E. Khavaja, Husain M. Masoudi, Zdeněk Bastl, Jan Šubrt

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3887-3893
Number of pages7
JournalChemistry of Materials
Volume15
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Oct 2003

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • General Chemical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry

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