page_title: Plasma polymerization
section_title: Basic operating mechanism
hierarchical_section_title: Plasma polymerization / Basic operating mechanism
caption_attribution_description: English: Apparatus of Plasma Polymerization with internal electrodes
context_page_description: Plasma polymerization uses plasma sources to generate a gas discharge that provides energy to activate or fragment gaseous or liquid monomer, often containing a vinyl group, in order to initiate polymerization. Polymers formed from this technique are generally highly branched and highly cross-linked, and adhere to solid surfaces well. The biggest advantage to this process is that polymers can be directly attached to a desired surface while the chains are growing, which reduces steps necessary for other coating processes such as grafting. This is very useful for pinhole-free coatings of 100 picometers to 1 micrometre thickness with solvent insoluble polymers.
caption: Figure 1. Schematic representation of basic internal electrode glow discharge polymerization apparatus.
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