Surface modification of polyethylene and polypropylene in atmospheric pressure glow discharge

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Authors

ŠÍRA Martin TRUNEC David SŤAHEL Pavel BURŠÍKOVÁ Vilma NAVRÁTIL Zdeněk BURŠÍK Jiří

Year of publication 2005
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of physics D: Applied physics
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Faculty of Science

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Field Plasma physics
Keywords atmospheric glow discharge polyethylene polypropylene
Description An atmospheric pressure glow discharge (APGD) was used for surface modification of polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP). The discharge was generated between two planar metal electrodes, with the top electrode covered by a glass and the bottom electrode covered by the treated polymer sample. The discharge burned in pure nitrogen or in nitrogenhydrogen or nitrogenammonia mixtures. The surface properties of both treated and untreated polymers were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, surface free energy measurements and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The influence of treatment time and power input to the discharge on the surface properties of the polymers was studied. The ageing of the treated samples was investigated as well. The surface of polymers treated in an APGD was homogeneous and it had less roughness in comparison with polymer surfaces treated in a filamentary discharge. The surface free energy of treated PE obtained under optimum conditions was 54mJm2 and the corresponding contact angle of water was 40; the surface free energy of treated PP obtained under optimum conditions was 53 mJm2 and the contact angle of water 42. The maximum decrease in the surface free energy during the ageing was about 10%.
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