Wettability, optical and chemical characteristics of plasma-polymerized d-limonene thin films

In this study, organic based polymer thin films were obtained on various substrates using D-Limoneneessential oil, which is an organic compound by radio frequency (RF) plasma polymerization technique. Theoptical band gap and absorption spectra of thin films were investigated by Uv-VIS spectra and depending on theincreased RF power, the optical band gap of the thin films was found to be 3.19, 3.25 and 3.31 eV, respectively.WCA analyzes were also performed to determine the wettability properties of thin films and all thin films hadhydrophilic properties and these properties were significantly affected by increased RF power. Considering boththe morphological and optical properties of plasma polymerized (pp) D-Limonene thin films, it is thought thatthese films may be an alternative to those already used in current electronic applications due to their organiccompound-based nature.