Claims
- 1. A method for the polymerization of a carborane monomer comprising establishing and maintaining a contained zone of ionized gas plasma at an energy of less than 100 eV by applying an electric field said gas plasma being in contact with the surface of a non-vapor volume of said carborane monomer to cause it to polymerize.
- 2. The method of claim 1 in which the said carborane polymer product is derived from a monomer selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1-2 B.sub.n H.sub.n+2, C.sub.1-4 B.sub.n H.sub.n+4, C.sub.1-6 B.sub.n H.sub.n+6, and mixtures thereof.
- 3. The method of claim 1 in which said carborane monomer is copolymerized with an organosilane monomer.
- 4. The method of claim 1 in which said carborane monomer is homopolymerized.
- 5. The product formed by the method of claim 4.
- 6. A carborane homopolymer of at least 3 monomer units.
- 7. The homopolymer of claim 6 in which said carborane homopolymer is derived from ortho-carborane.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a division of application Ser. No. 44,048 filed May 31, 1979, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,279,723.
This application is also a continuation-in-part of our copending patent applications, Ser. No. 934,855, filed Aug. 18, 1978, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,212,719, entitled "A Method of Plasma Initiated Polymerization", and of its parent application, Ser. No. 882,124, filed Feb. 28, 1978, now abandoned, of the same title.
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Divisions (1)
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44048 |
May 1979 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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