The electropolymerisation of acrylamide on carbon fibres

Polyacrylamide has been synthesised at the surface of carbon fibre by the technique of electropolymerisation. Some details of the polymerisation have been presented and a preliminary proposal made for the mechanism responsible. The characterisations of carbon fibre and its surface have always presented a problem; in this work torsional braid analysis has been used to study the polymer present on the surface of the fibre.