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Surface modification of aromatic polyamide film by remote oxygen plasma
Author(s) -
Inagaki N.,
Tasaka S.,
Kawai H.,
Yamada Y.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19970502)64:5<831::aid-app2>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - oxygen , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , surface modification , contact angle , scanning electron microscope , materials science , polyamide , plasma , remote plasma , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , chemistry , composite material , nanotechnology , chromatography , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , engineering , chemical vapor deposition
Surface modification of poly(p‐phenylene terephthalamide) (PPTA) film by a remote oxygen plasma treatment has been investigated from a viewpoint of comparison with a direct oxygen plasma treatment. We call the modification procedure in a space far away from the oxygen plasma zone “the remote oxygen plasma treatment,” and the modification procedure in a space just in the oxygen plasma zone (a conventional oxygen plasma treatment) “the direct oxygen plasma treatment.” In a space far away from the plasma zone, oxygen radicals rather than electrons and oxygen ions are predominant, and the PPTA film can be modified by the remote oxygen plasma treatment into a hydrophilic surface without heavy degradation of the PPTA film. The PPTA film surfaces modified by the remote oxygen plasma treatment were analyzed with contact angle measurement, scanning microscopy, atomic force microscopy, and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 64: 831–840, 1997