The photoluminescence properties of plasma polymerized methyl methacrylate films are investigated. The photoluminescence is a fluorescence rather than a phosphorescence process with a lifetime on the order of a few nanoseconds. The photoluminescence is a one-photon volume effect. The wavelength span of the photoluminescence using suitable UV excitation can reach over 300 nm with a FWHM exceeding 200 nm. These photoluminescent films may find potential applications in wavelength transformers for solar cells or as a gain medium for tunable solid-state dye lasers.
The surface morphology of plasma polymerized methyl methacrylate films was investigated using atomic force microscopy. It was found that the plasma polymer surfaces consist of nanometer scale growth columns. The average grain size of the growth columns increases with deposition time. For the same deposition time, the average grain size is proportional to pressure and deposition power. It was deduced that microscopic properties of plasma polymers are not uniform through the bulk of the plasma polymer films even though the external deposition parameters are held constant.
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