Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Films with Different Content of Acid-Base Functionalities. I. Surface Modifications
Titel:
Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Films with Different Content of Acid-Base Functionalities. I. Surface Modifications
Auteur:
Gheorghiu, Mariana Pascu, Mihaela Popa, G. Vasile, Cornelia Mazur, V.
Verschenen in:
International journal of polymeric materials
Paginering:
Jaargang 40 (1998) nr. 3-4 pagina's 229-256
Jaar:
1998-06-01
Inhoud:
Treatments of PET in an ion beam-low density plasma system, in oxygen, have been realised. Low energy (100-500 eV), but relatively high does (3.0.1015-9.0.1016 ions/cm2) for ions were used. In this first part, the surface modifications of PET films (investigated by IR spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, contact angle measurements, XPS angle resolved) are presented. Both chemical and physico-structural modifications take place simultaneous during ion beam treatments. The initial polar group content, immediately after the treatment, but more than this the physico-structural modifications like cross-linking and a restructured crystalline content determine the dynamic effects which control the ageing mechanisms.