Laser Desorption/Fourier Transform Mass Spectral Analysis of Various Conducting Polymers

Authors

Charles Eric Brown, Medical College of WisconsinFollow
Peter Kovacic, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Charles A. Wilkie, Marquette UniversityFollow
Robert B. Cody, Nicolet Analytical InstrumentsFollow
R. E. Hein, Nicolet Analytical InstrumentsFollow
James A. Kinsinger, Nicolet Analytical InstrumentsFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Publication Date

7-1986

Publisher

Elsevier

Source Publication

Synthetic Metals

Source ISSN

0379-6779

Abstract

Laser desorption/Fourier transform mass spectrometry provides very detailed characterization of conjugated aromatic ‘conducting’ polymers that cannot be obtained by other currently available techniques. The technique shows that many of the synthetic routes to these materials yield complex mixtures of dissimilar oligomers. Thus, it is not appropriate at present to attribute electrical conductivities to distinct, individual polymers. The intent of this paper is to present an introductory description of this analytical technique and to give examples of the experimental results that can be expected with intractable aromatic polymers which become electrically conductive upon doping.

Comments

Synthetic Metals, Vol. 15, No. 2-3 (July-August 1986): 265-279. DOI.

Recommended Citation

Brown, Charles Eric; Kovacic, Peter; Wilkie, Charles A.; Cody, Robert B.; Hein, R. E.; and Kinsinger, James A., "Laser Desorption/Fourier Transform Mass Spectral Analysis of Various Conducting Polymers" (1986). Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications. 944.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/chem_fac/944