Developments in Plasma-Polymerized Organic Thin Films with Novel Mechanical, Electrical, and Optical Properties

Organic thin films have received a great deal of interest due to their extensive applications in the fields of mechanics, electronics, and optics [1-6]. Applications include chemical, physical, and biological sensors, micro-electronic devices, nonlinear optical (NLO) device, and molecular devices [2]. In spite of a large number of studies in this area, in only a few cases have these materials been successfully used for electronically and optically based applications. This is mainly because organic films often show poor thermal and chemical stabilities and poor mechanical toughness [2, 5]. Therefore, it is of interest to develop polymer thin films of high quality for a variety of industrial applications.