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Polymer

Volume 38, Issue 20, September 1997, Pages 5023-5026
Polymer

Polymer paper
High-quality poly(p-phenylene) film prepared by electrochemical polymerization of benzene at a stainless steel electrode

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Abstract

Poly(p-phenylene) (PPP) film has been electrochemically deposited onto a stainless steel electrode surface by direct oxidation of benzene in BF3diethyl ether solution at an applied potential of 1.7 V (vs AgAgCl). The morphology, conductivity and the mechanical property of the film were studied. As-grown PPP film has a conductivity of 2.7 S cm−1. It has a high modulus of 1.2 × 1010 dyne cm−2 and a large tensile strength of 550–650 kg cm−2. Furthermore, this film was flexible and could be easily cut into any shapes, such as fibres, circles, squares and triangles.

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