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Time‐dependent changes of surface properties of polyether ether ketone caused by air plasma treatment
Author(s) -
Rymuszka Diana,
Terpiłowski Konrad,
Borowski Piotr,
Holysz Lucyna
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
polymer international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.592
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1097-0126
pISSN - 0959-8103
DOI - 10.1002/pi.5141
Subject(s) - contact angle , peek , diiodomethane , surface energy , wetting , materials science , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , formamide , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , polyether ether ketone , polymer , polymer chemistry , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemical engineering , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , engineering
Physicochemical and spectroscopic measurements are used to explore the PEEK surface after air plasma treatment. Disappearance of the plasma effect with time is also investigated. The results indicate that significant changes in chemistry of the treated surface occur. The initially obtained modifications gradually fade with time, but the original properties of the untreated surface are not recovered.