TY - BOOK AU - Dhillon,A. AU - Kaur,A. AU - Srivastava,A.K. AU - Avasthi,D.K. TI - Experimental investigations of semi-crystalline plasma polymerized polypyrrole for surface coating KW - PLASMA POLYMERIZATION KW - POLYPYRROLE KW - HRTEM N2 - Plasma polymerized thin film of conducting polypyrrole were deposited at room temperature by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition method using pyrrole monomer as precursor. The radio frequency (RF: 13.56 MHz, power supply: 30 W)was applied at constant argon gas pressure for the formation of plasma. The as grown thin films of polypyrrole have been characterized by ellipsometry, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), UV-vis spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray diffractometry (XRD)and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). UV-vis spectra showed the optical energy band gap of 2.3 eV. XRD pattern of plasma polymerized polypyrrole has revealed a clear peak at inter-planer separation of 0.687 nm. It was also noticed by HRTEM analysis that the distinguished reflection at d = 0.687 nm has a broadening effect that may be correlated with the crystallinity of the material UR - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bBb2S0lQgI2uBALyokPQ24y0U3f4MhEf/view?usp=drivesdk ER -