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Analysis of atmospheric plasma‐treated polypropylene by large area ToF‐SIMS imaging and NMF
Author(s) -
Trindade Gustavo F.,
Williams David F.,
Abel MarieLaure,
Watts John F.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.6378
Subject(s) - polypropylene , plasma , plume , mass spectrometry , atmospheric pressure plasma , atmosphere (unit) , materials science , environmental science , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , meteorology , environmental chemistry , composite material , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics
This work combines large area time‐of‐flight secondary ion mass spectrometry imaging with multivariate analysis methods to characterise a cold atmospheric plasma treatment of the surface of an automotive grade polypropylene. Data preprocessing steps are also presented alongside their main challenges. The results enabled the investigation of the spatial distribution of the treatment for different stand‐off distances as well as the effects of plasma plume mixing with atmosphere.