Studies on surface graft polymerization of acrylic acid onto PTFE film by remote argon plasma initiation |
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Authors: | Chen Wang Jie-Rong Chen |
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Affiliation: | a School of Life Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China b College of Textile and Materials, Xi’an Polytechnic University, Xi’an 710048, China |
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Abstract: | The graft polymerization of acrylic acid (AAc) was carried out onto poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) films that had been pretreated with remote argon plasma and subsequently exposed to oxygen to create peroxides. Peroxides are known to be the species responsible for initiating the graft polymerization when PTFE reacts with AAc. We chose different parameters of remote plasma treatment to get the optimum condition for introducing maximum peroxides (2.87 × 10−11 mol/cm2) on the surface. The influence of grafted reaction conditions on the grafting degree was investigated. The maximum grafting degree was 25.2 μg/cm2. The surface microstructures and compositions of the AAc grafted PTFE film were characterized with the water contact angle meter, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Contact angle measurements revealed that the water contact angle decreased from 108° to 41° and the surface free energy increased from 22.1 × 10−5 to 62.1 × 10−5 N cm−1 by the grafting of the AAc chains. The hydrophilicity of the PTFE film surface was greatly enhanced. The time-dependent activity of the grafted surface was better than that of the plasma treated film. |
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Keywords: | Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) Remote argon plasma Acrylic acid Graft polymerization |
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