Figure 18.

(a) Illustration of Yasuda’s Rapid Step-Growth Polymerization (RSGP) mechanism involving two cycles: Cycle I, involving monovalent reactive species and monomers, and Cycle II, with divalent reactive species and monomers, leading to varied polymer structures, adapted from [270]. (b) Depiction of Yasuda’s Competitive Ablation Polymerization (CAP) mechanism, detailing the plasma-induced deposition (or plasma-induced polymerization) on substrates and the plasma-state deposition (or plasma-state polymerization), where polymer-forming intermediates are generated within the plasma before depositing onto the substrate. Adapted from [298].