Abstract
A study was conducted to prepare highly photoluminescent metal-polymer complexes, using a facile chemical vapor deposition polymerization (CVDP) process. The monomer precursor di-chloro-p-xylene was introduced into a high-temperature furnace in the CVDP process, where zinc powders were situated for zinc vapor supply. The mixed vapors passed through the furnace and excited to a low temperature deposition chamber. The collected deposits were thermally converted in a N 2 atmosphere at 270 °C for 14 hours, forming conjugation structures. It was found that the formation of polymer conjugates during the thermal conversion process can be monitored with FTIR spectra, collected at increasing conversion times. It was also observed that zinc vapor level was controlled by adjusting the location of the zinc powder within the furnace.