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Ricoh Company, Ltd.

Yoshihito Osada

Alexis T Bell

Mitchel M Shen

Eishun Tsuchida

This invention relates to an electroconductive thin film prepared by forming a polymerized thin film on a substrate in a vacuum reactor by the decomposition of a metal complex starting material by glow discharge, said metal complex having a ligand selected from the group consisting of acetylacetonate and at least partially fluorinated acetylacetonate.

Electroconductive thin film

An ionized gas plasma is established in an electrical field in contact with a non-vapor volume monomer (liquid and/or solid). The plasma causes polymerization of the monomers which are of the phosphazene or carborane type.

Polymerization or inorganic element-containing monomers using plasma,

Polymerization of inorganic element-containing monomers using plasma

An ionized gas plasma is established in an electrical field in contact with a non-vapor volume of monomer (liquid and/or solid). The plasma creates active polymerization sites in the monomer volume to initiate propagation of polymerization therein. After initiation, the partially-polymerized monomer volume is postpolymerized in the absence of the ionized gas plasma to yield a very high molecular weight polymer which may be essentially free of cross-linking in desirable forms including commercial quantities of bulk self-supporting polymer or a coating. Suitable monomers include liquid vinyl monomers (e.g., methyl, methacrylate) and solid crystalline monomers (e.g., 1,3,5-trioxane).

Method of plasma initiated polymerization

A fibrous polyion complex or a polyion complex shapable to a mass or a film is prepared by reacting polycation having polymerization degree of not less than 5 or polyamine having polymerization degree of not less than 6 with polycarboxylic acid having polymerization degree of not less than 5. At least one of the reactants may preferably be of long chain polymer if fibrous polyion complex is desired.

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Mito, Japan

Yoshihito Osada