POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) AND POLY(ETHYLENE OXIDE) BY INITIATED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION

摘要

A method for ionic polymerization of ethylene oxide. In the first step of the method, a gaseous monomer composition comprising ethylene oxide at a first flow rate is mixed with a gaseous ionic polymerization initiator at a second flow rate, thereby forming a mixture. The formed mixture is then heated with at least one heated filament to thereby form at least one polymer. The method may also be employed to coat a variety of different substrates in situ during the polymerization reaction.