Volume 107, 1997

Viscoelastic characterization of electroactive polymer films at the electrode/solution interface

Abstract

We describe and explore a new general transmission line model that describes the viscoelastic characteristics of thin films in terms of their shear moduli. The model contains within it the commonly used lumped-elementmodel as a limiting case, and we delineate the conditions under which thesimpler lumped-element model can be applied without significant error. We apply our analysis to the interpretation of crystal impedance spectra acquired dynamically during the electrodeposition of poly(2,2′-bithiophene) (PBT) conducting polymer films. In the very early stages of deposition, PBTentrapped within surface features behaves as a rigidly coupled mass. Beyondthis, it is a viscoelastic material behaving as a Maxwell fluid. PBT storage and loss moduli are initially polymer coverage dependent, rising to limiting values G′≈G″≈5×106 dyn cm-2. These values imply an acoustic decay length of ca. 0.3 µm. Accordingly, films significantly thicker than this behave as bulk material. For thick films there is also evidence for resonance effects.

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Faraday Discuss., 1997,107, 105-121

Viscoelastic characterization of electroactive polymer films at the electrode/solution interface

H. L. Bandey, A. Robert Hillman, M. J. Brown and S. J. Martin, Faraday Discuss., 1997, 107, 105 DOI: 10.1039/A704278G

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