Highly ion-conducting poly(ionic liquid) thin films have been prepared in the absence of solvents utilizing a simple 2-step approach comprising pulsed plasmachemical deposition of 1-allylimidazole followed by vapour-phase quaternization with 1-bromobutane.
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