Theelectrochemicaloxidationofdiphenylamineinacetonitrileproducesanadherentuniformpolymerfilmwhichexhibitsmutiplecolourvariation(yellow-green-blue)inawiderangeofpotentialscan.Thepolymerizationmechanismandthestructureofthepolymerwerestudiedbycyclicvoltammetry,FT-IRandinsituESR.Theresultsindicatethattheelectrochemicalpolymerizationofdiphenylaminebelongstoacationicradicalpolymerizationprocess.Duringelectrolysis,onlyoligomerswereinitialyproduced,thenpolymerfilmwasformedontheelectrodesurface.Theelectropolymerizationperformsviathe4,4’C-Cphenyl-phenylcouplingmechanism.
