N-Vinylcarbazole
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N-Vinylcarbazole is an organic compound
used as a monomer in the production of poly(vinylcarbazole), a photoconductive
polymer used in the photoreceptors of photocopiers
. Upon exposure to γ-irradiation
, N-vinylcarbazole undergoes solid-state polymerisation.
Organic compound
An organic compound is any member of a large class of gaseous, liquid, or solid chemical compounds whose molecules contain carbon. For historical reasons discussed below, a few types of carbon-containing compounds such as carbides, carbonates, simple oxides of carbon, and cyanides, as well as the...
used as a monomer in the production of poly(vinylcarbazole), a photoconductive
Photoconductivity
Photoconductivity is an optical and electrical phenomenon in which a material becomes more electrically conductive due to the absorption of electromagnetic radiation such as visible light, ultraviolet light, infrared light, or gamma radiation....
polymer used in the photoreceptors of photocopiers
Xerography
Xerography is a dry photocopying technique invented by Chester Carlson in 1938, for which he was awarded on October 6, 1942. Carlson originally called his invention electrophotography...
. Upon exposure to γ-irradiation
Gamma ray
Gamma radiation, also known as gamma rays or hyphenated as gamma-rays and denoted as γ, is electromagnetic radiation of high frequency . Gamma rays are usually naturally produced on Earth by decay of high energy states in atomic nuclei...
, N-vinylcarbazole undergoes solid-state polymerisation.