ABSTRACT
Because of the chemical structure-insensitive (nonspecific) nature of plasma polymerization illustrated above, the structure of the monomer appears to have relatively little influence on the polymerization characteristics as well as on the characteristics of plasma polymers. This is largely true in the context of selective reactivity due to the chemical structure of monomers in conventional polymerization (i.e., monomer vs. nonmonomer). However, the influence of monomer structure, as classified by five types in Table 7.2, is actually accentuated when the operational conditions are varied. In this context, therefore, the chemical structure of a monomer is a key factor in its deposition characteristics and also in determining the properties of the deposition.
