Effect of ageing atmospheres on the changes in surface free energies of oxygen plasma-treated polyethylene films

The changes in the surface properties of oxygen plasma-treated polyethylene films during ageing in various atmospheres (water, dry nitrogen gas, and hexane) were studied from the viewpoint of the interaction of the surface functional groups formed on the films and the ageing media. The XPS (x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) and the SSIMS (static secondary ion mass spectrometry) spectra indicated the formation of polar groups containing oxygen such as C=O on the film surface. The changes in the critical surface tension (_C) of the film with ageing time were largely affected by the ageing atmospheres: the _C value of the film aged in water increased, and those of the films aged in nitrogen gas and hexane decreased with an increase in ageing time. These different tendencies among the ageing media could be understood reasonably with examining the surface free energy ratios (the total energy, _S ^tot , the dispersion force component, _S ^d / _S ^tot , the polar component, _S ^p / _S ^tot , the hydrogen bonding component, _S ^h / _S ^tot ) of the films. The ageing in water of which _L is large gave the films with higher _S ^p / _S ^tot values, suggeting that the overturn and/or the orientation of the polar groups toward the water phase occurred so as to minimize the discrepancy of the surface free energy between the polymer surface and water. On the other hand, the ageing in nitrogen gas and hexane media of which _L are small gave the films with lower _S ^p / _S ^tot and _S ^h / _S ^tot values, suggesting the overturn and/or the orientation of the polar groups into the bulk polymer.     

Investigations on the Stability of Plasma Modified Silicone Surfaces

In this work it was investigated the effect of the exposure to different plasmas on the wettability of silicone samples. We have observed that oxygen. argon, and hydrogen glow discharges are quite effective in reducing the water contact angle of such polymer. However, indifferently to efficiency of the treatment, practically all the modified surfaces recovered great part of their original hydrophobicity. We have investigated this hydrophobic recovery using surface energy measurements and theoretical simulations based on the exponential decay of the population of polar groups on the surface. According to our results such recovery can be attributed to the decrease of polar species at the interface water–polymer surface.     

Wettability of plasma-polymerized vinyltriethoxysilane film

Plasma-polymerized films of vinyltriethoxysilane were surface characterized using the sessile drop technique. The surface free energy and its components were evaluated using the Owens-Wendt-Kaelble geometric mean method, Wu harmonic mean method, and van Oss, Chaudhury, and Good acid-base theory. Influence of deposition conditions on the surface free energy was demonstrated in the study. Improved wettability of the films was related to the diminished concentration of apolar methyl groups in plasma polymers. An increased concentration of carbonyl and hydroxyl groups resulted in a very small improvement of the polar component.     

Optical emission from tetrafluoromethane plasma and its relationship to surface modification of hexatriacontane

The optical emission from tetrafluoromethane plasma (2% argon included) has been studied by emission spectroscopy. The evolution ofCF ^*,CF ₂ ^* , andF emissions has been followed during the treatment of an organic surface. An-alkane, hexatriacontane, has been used as a model for high density polyethylene surface and treated in different plasma conditions. We found that the evolution of fluorinated species emissions in the plasma gas phase is not only a measurement of the reactive species concentrations, but also an indication of the surface modifications. The surface properties, such as surface energy and surface roughness are correlated to the emission intensity of reactives species in the plasma gas phase. A mild exposure to the plasma can result in a great decrease of surface energy corresponding to the fluorination. The surface roughness only changes under drastic plasma conditions.     

低自由能固体表面的制备及其应用

低自由能表面具有一些独特的性能,在工业和日常生活中具有广泛的应用,本文就低自由能表面的制备及其发展概况进行综述,共引用文献83篇。     

Inverse gas chromatography applications: A review

Inverse gas chromatography (IGC) is a versatile, powerful, sensitive and relatively fast technique for characterizing the physicochemical properties of materials. Due to its applicability in determining surface properties of solids in any form such as films, fibres and powders of both crystalline and amorphous structures, IGC became a popular technique for surface characterization, used extensively soon after its development. One of the most appealing features of IGC that led to its popularity among analytical scientists in early years was its similarity in principle to analytical gas chromatography (GC). The main aspect which distinguishes IGC experiments from conventional GC is the role of mobile and stationary phases. Contrary to conventional GC, the material under investigation is placed in the chromatographic column and a known probe vapour is used to provide information on the surface.     

XPS and SIMS investigations on plasma-treated glass surfaces

Commercially available float-glass samples were exposed to ion bombardment in an HF-plasma. This should form an SiO₂-rich layer close to the surface of the samples. From XPS-investigations it was found that treatment times between 2 and 4 min in Ar plasma lead to a pronounced depletion of alkalis. Further FAB-SIMS depth profiles gave additional information about the extension of the layers with altered stoichiometry.     

Plasma-polymerized polyaniline films: Synthesis and characterization

The radio-frequency plasma polymerization technique was used to polymerize aniline onto polymer substrates including perfluorinated ethylene propylene copolymer. The plasma-polyaniline films were characterized by ultraviolet/visible absorption spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, electron spin resonance, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and contact angle measurements. Preliminary conductivity measurements were also carried out. It was demonstrated that the chemical and physical characteristics of the plasma-polymerized poly-aniline films changed significantly with discharge conditions, indicating the possibility for tailoring the structure and properties of the polyaniline films by optimizing the discharge conditions. In particular, the contents of quinoid sequences and aliphatic crosslinking moieties were found to increase with increasing power input and/or discharge duration. By contrast, the number of free radicals trapped in the polyaniline films and their mobility were shown to increase with decreasing the power input and/or discharge duration within the plasma conditions covered in this study. Furthermore, a correlation was found between surface hydrophilicity of the resultant plasma-polyaniline films and the atomic ratio of C to N. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Polym Sci A: Polym Chem 36: 633–643, 1998     

低表面能化合物在超浸润材料中的应用

近年来,由于超浸润材料在自清洁、微流体传输和生物相容性等方面的潜在应用,具有极端润湿性的超浸润材料成为了材料领域的一个研究热点。研究表明,除材料表面微纳米结构的构筑外,材料表面能的控制也是制备超浸润材料的另一关键因素。随着对超浸润材料润湿性机理研究的深入,许多不同结构不同类型的低表面能化合物也越来越多地被应用于超浸润材料的制备中。本文从分子结构、化合物类型等角度出发,综述了超浸润材料制备中所大量应用的低表面能化合物,并归纳了pH值、温度、浓度及溶剂等因素对材料低表面能化的影响,总结了低表面能化合物在提高机械强度、制备润湿性转换材料和不同浸润性修饰中的选择和应用情况,最后提出了低表面能化合物应用的一些不足之处并对其发展方向进行了展望。     

Effect of aminoacids on the surface free energy of nitrofurantoin

Changes in nitrofurantoin surface free energy components, Lifshitz-van der Waals, _s ^LW , electron donor, _s ^– , and electron acceptor, _s ⁺ , due to adsorption of the aminoacids: lysine, alanine and glutamic acid, were determined by means of the thin-layer wicking technique. It was found that the aminoacids slightly increase the _s ^– component already at 10^–4 M concentration. They reduce the _s ⁺ component practically to zero, and a very sharp increase of _s ^– was observed when the nitrofurantoin surface was precovered from the solutions at concentrations larger tan 10^–4 M. It is concluded that the adsorption of the aminoacids takes place via hydrogen bonding and electrostatic interactions between nitrofurantoin surface and aminoacid molecules. The increase in the _s ^– parameter is probably caused by the presence of carboxyl groups in the aminoacid molecules.     

一种可溶性低表面自由能聚合物的制备及其表面性质

用全氟辛酸和甲基丙烯酸羟丙酯(HPMA)为原料 ,合成了具有低表面自由能( 14.2mN/m)的聚合物聚甲基丙烯酸全氟辛酰氧丙基酯 (PFPMA) ,接触角的测定表明聚合物具有较好双疏性(疏水-疏油性),其对水的接触角高达115°,对正十六烷的接触角为75°.     

辉光放电处理聚四氟乙烯：Ⅲ.PTFE表面结构的XPS表征

Yasuda等在用XPS研究离子体处理后的PTFE表面结构时,得到一个包络的C_(1s)峰。本文对此进行探讨。 PTFE膜先在蒸馏水中浸泡1小时,再用热异丙醇洗涤5分钟,然后用去离子水清洗三     

Thermochemistry of thermal plasma chemical reactions. Part I. General rules for the prediction of products

Equilibrium calculations based on the standard technique of minimization of the Gibbs free energy, with consideration of both gas and condensed phases, are shown to be inadequate for predicting the yield or even the proper composition of the products from thermal plasma reaction systems. This is due to the dominating influence of nucleation kinetics, a nonequilibrium effect.In this paper a modification of the equilibrium approach is proposed, whereby the supersaturation of a phase which may condense is calculated, and species with low supersaturation pressures which are unlikely to precipitate are subsequently removed from consideration.A comparison is made between the former equilibrium predictions and these quasi-equilibrium predictions. When compared with experimental data taken from the extant literature and from the authors' own research, the quasi-equilibrium modification is seen to provide excellent agreement with respect to product composition and yield. Examples are discussed including the thermal plasma production of hydrogen cyanide, ammonia, acetylene, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, and titanium carbide.     

Study of Surface Cell Madelung Constant and Surface Free Energy of Nanosized Crystal Grain

1 INTRODUCTION 2. 1 Madelung constant of crystal Surface energy of crystal grain has crucial influ- The Madelung constant, which is used to calculate ence on the electrical and mechanical performances lattice energy and so on[1], is of central importance in of material, especially for material making up of na- the theory of ionic crystal and property of crystal nosized crystal grains because all outstanding per- structure. There is no special difficulty in calculating formances of the mat…     

Environment-induced morphological changes of polyethylene lamellae during crystallization in solution

Polyethylene (PE) lamellar crystals were grown by two dual-staged crystallization methods: (1) Fractionated PE was first crystallized from n-octane by the self-seeding method, the solvent of the resulting suspension of crystals was exchanged for p-xylene, and thereafter, the suspension was mixed with a solution in p-xylene at various temperatures so that PE grew from p-xylene onto the lamellae pregrown from n-octane, and (2) according to the similar procedure, PE lamellae were first grown from p-xylene and subsequently, PE was deposited from n-octane onto the lamellae pre-grown from p-xylene. In the crystallization procedure (1), triangular lamellae with the 〈010〉 chain folding developed randomly on the {100} lateral surfaces of truncated parent lamellae so that the surfaces were serrated, and otherwise, thin daughter lamellae bordered the parent lamellae along the {110} surfaces, retaining the flat growth fronts with the 〈110〉 folding. In the procedure (2), the {100} sectors with the 〈010〉 folding developed at the apexes of the long diagonal of lozengeshaped parent lamellae, and consequently, their morphology was transfigured into a truncated crystal. These morphological transformations are discussed on the basis of the change in the interfacial free energy between the parent crystal and the surrounding phase due to the substitution of solvent. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

等离子体改性的聚偏氟乙烯表面结构的XPS研究

采用5种气氛等离子体处理聚偏氟乙烯(PVF_2)基片,用XPS研究了PVF_2表面结构的变化。结果表明,处理后的PVF_2基片表面嵌入了C—O,C—NH_2,—CHF和COOH基团,因而改变了表面性质。