Magnetic plasma synthesis of soluble polyallylamine
摘要
Magnetic fields are rarely applied in the synthesis of polymers due to the non-magnetic nature of most monomers. However, this work presents a magnetic plasma polymerization of allylamine to obtain polyallylamine (PAl). As a result of the magnetic field, the polymeric mass obtained increased 40%, and oxidation and carbonization reduced in the polymers. No chemical differences between polyallylamines were found by IR spectroscopy; however, XPS analysis of C1s orbital distributions showed that the magnetic field reduced chemical states in polyallylamines from 11 to 8, yielding acetone-soluble fractions. Furthermore, electromagnetic absorption peaks shifted between 341 nm and 418 nm. Eg (optical gap) and Ea (activation energy) were also calculated using UV-Vis absorption data with the Tauc and Arrhenius equations finding that PAl possesses higher potential for electromagnetic absorption, while PAl*, with less potential, requires greater energy for the absorption. In general, magnetic fields are powerful tools to obtain less dispersed polymeric chemical structures with partial solubility among other properties.