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Enhanced adhesion of conductive coating on plasma‐treated polyester fabric: A study on the ageing effect
Author(s) -
Montarsolo A.,
Varesano A.,
Mossotti R.,
Rombaldoni F.,
Periolatto M.,
Mazzuchetti G.,
Tonin C.
Publication year - 2012
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/app.36762
Subject(s) - polypyrrole , contact angle , materials science , polyester , adhesion , wetting , coating , surface energy , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , composite material , chemical engineering , polymer , conductive polymer , layer (electronics) , plasma polymerization , surface modification , polymerization , abrasion (mechanical) , polymer chemistry , engineering
In recent years, there has been growing attention on intrinsically conducting polymers, such as polypyrrole (PPy) because of the wide range of possible applications. Adhesion to other materials is a pending problem that could be tackled by enhancing the chemical affinity of the surface toward PPy coating. In this work, low‐temperature plasma pretreatments were used for improving adhesion of PPy on polyester (PET) fabrics by changing the surface chemistry and generating a microscopically rough surface. Oxygen and argon plasmas were used to treat both sides of PET fabrics before PPy deposition by in situ chemical polymerization. Moreover, PPy depositions were performed 1 h, 1 week, and 1 month after the plasma treatments to study possible ageing effects. Different chemical/physical characterizations (contact angle, surface energy, atomic force microscopy, and X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy) showed the efficacy of plasma pretreatments in inducing wettability on PET fabrics and promoting adhesion of the PPy layer. The enhanced adhesion was confirmed by abrasion tests and subsequent surface resistivity and color measurements. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci, 2012