Properties of Plasma Polymers and Deposition Kinetics

Plasma polymerization is system dependent, and a monomer does not yield a well-defined polymer that can be identified by plasma polymerization. Plasma polymers formed at the high WjFM end of the power-deficient domain as well as in the monomer-deficient domain are tight three-dimensional amorphous networks, that do not contain discernible functional groups (type A plasma polymers). 

Plasma polymers formed at the low WjFM end of the power-deficient domain could contain functional groups in the monomer, but the structure is much looser and often consists of oligomeric deposition (type B plasma polymer). 

As discussed above, deposition kinetics is dependent on the mode of discharge. Accordingly, the location within a reactor where the major deposition occurs also changes depending on the mode of discharge. The relative position of a substrate with respect to the DG greatly influences both depositions. 

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