TY - JOUR
T1 - Ability of a gridless ion source to functionalize polypropylene surfaces by low-energy (60-100 eV) nitrogen ion bombardment
T2 - effects of ageing in air and water
AU - Köhler, Laurent
AU - Scaglione, Salvatore
AU - Flori, Daniele
AU - Riga, Joseph
AU - Caudano, Roland
N1 - Publication code : **RES. ACAD.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - Polymer surface treatments are of great importance for various industrial applications that can range from food packaging or car bumper painting to biocompatible implants. For such applications, plasma or corona discharges are well known and used “on-line” in polymer plants to incorporate new chemical functions at polymer surfaces. The aim of this work is to investigate the ability of a simple ion source to functionalize polypropylene surfaces in comparison with these intensively used industrial methods. Estimation of the influence of the nitrogen ion dose (from 1×1015 to ) and the ion energy (from 60 to 100 eV) on incorporation is attempted in order to be able to use them in a controlled way. The ageing of these polymer surfaces in air and in water was studied by XPS for several months.
AB - Polymer surface treatments are of great importance for various industrial applications that can range from food packaging or car bumper painting to biocompatible implants. For such applications, plasma or corona discharges are well known and used “on-line” in polymer plants to incorporate new chemical functions at polymer surfaces. The aim of this work is to investigate the ability of a simple ion source to functionalize polypropylene surfaces in comparison with these intensively used industrial methods. Estimation of the influence of the nitrogen ion dose (from 1×1015 to ) and the ion energy (from 60 to 100 eV) on incorporation is attempted in order to be able to use them in a controlled way. The ageing of these polymer surfaces in air and in water was studied by XPS for several months.
KW - gridless ion source ("end-Hall" type)
KW - low-energy ionic bombardment
KW - XPS
KW - surface treatment
KW - functionalization
KW - polypropylene
U2 - 10.1016/S0168-583X(01)00971-5
DO - 10.1016/S0168-583X(01)00971-5
M3 - Article
SN - 0168-583X
VL - 185
SP - 267
EP - 275
JO - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
JF - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms
IS - 1-4
ER -
