Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment of Polymers

Michael Thomas is the head of the Department of Atmospheric Pressure Processes at the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films (IST), Germany, and has more than 15 years' experience in surface technology. Trained as a chemist, his work is focused on fundamental and industrial projects of surface treatment and coatings in the area of plasma processes at atmospheric pressure, with specific interest in adhesion using dielectric barrier discharge and microplasma-based processes. He has published more than 30 technical papers and professional articles and holds 10 patents on the topic of atmospheric pressure plasma technology.Kashmiri Lal Mittal was employed by the IBM Corporation from 1972 through 1993. Currently, he is teaching and consulting worldwide in the broad areas of adhesion as well as surface cleaning. He has received numerous awards and honors including the title of doctor honoris causa from Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland. He is the editor of more than 110 volumes dealing with adhesion measurement, adhesion of polymeric coatings, polymer surfaces, adhesive joints, adhesion promoters, thin films, polyimides, surface modification, surface cleaning, and surfactants.

“The information provided in this book should be of great interest and value to surface and chemical engineers as well as R&D, manufacturing, and quality control personnel in a host of industries and technological areas such as printing, textile, adhesive bonding, packaging, automotive, aerospace, composites, microfluidics, biomedical, paint, microelectronics, and nanotechnology.”  (Materials and Corrosion, 1 August 2013)

• Preface xiiiAcknowledgements xviiPart 1: Fundamental Aspects 11 Combinatorial Plasma-based Surface Modifi cation of Polymers by Means of Plasma Printing with Gas-Carrying Plasma Stamps at Ambient Pressure 3Alena Hinze, Andrew Marchesseault, Stephanus Büttgenbach, Michael Thomas and Claus-Peter Klages1.1 Introduction 41.2 Experimental 71.3 Results and Discussion 181.4 Conclusions 23Acknowledgements 23References 242 Treatment of Polymer Surfaces with Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasmas 27Marcel Šimor and Yves Creyghton2.1 Introduction 282.2 A General Overview of Surface Modification Results Obtained with Surface DBDs 322.3 An Overview of Selected Results Obtained at TNO by the SBD 412.4 Conclusions 73References 743 Selective Surface Modification of Polymeric Materials by Atmospheric-Pressure Plasmas: Selective Substitution Reactions on Polymer Surfaces by Different Plasmas 83Norihiro Inagaki3.1 Introduction 843.2 Defl uorination of Poly(tetrafl uoroethylene) Surfaces 863.3 Selective Modifi cation of Polymeric Surfaces by Plasma 1023.4 Summary 120References 1214 Permanence of Functional Groups at Polyolefi n Surfaces Introduced by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Pretreatment in Presence of Aerosols 131R. Mix, J. F. Friedrich and N. Inagaki4.1 Introduction 1314.2 Experimental 1354.3 Results 1374.4 Discussion 1514.5 Summary 153Acknowlegdements 153References 1535 Achieving Nano-scale Surface Structure on Wool Fabric by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment 157C.W. Kan, W.Y.I. Tsoi, C.W.M. Yuen, T.M. Choi and T.B. Tang5.1 Introduction 1585.2 Experimental 1595.3 Results and Discussion 1605.4 Conclusions 171Acknowledgements 171References 1726 Deposition of Nanosilica Coatings on Plasma Activated Polyethylene Films 175D. D. Pappas, A. A. Bujanda, J. A. Orlicki, J. D. Demaree, J. K. Hirvonen, R. E. Jensen and S. H. McKnight6.1 Introduction 1756.2 Experimental 1776.3 Results and Discussion 1796.4 Conclusions 194Acknowledgement 194References 1957 Atmospheric Plasma Treatment of Polymers for Biomedical Applications 199N. Gomathi, A. K. Chanda and S. Neogi7.1 Introduction 1997.2 Plasma for Materials Processing 2007.3 Atmospheric Plasma Sources 2027.4 Effects of Plasma on Polymer Surface 2067.5 Atmospheric Plasma in Biomedical Applications 2087.6 Conclusion 212References 212Part 2 Adhesion Enhancement 2178 Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Polymerization Surface Treatments by Dielectric Barrier Discharge for Enhanced Polymer-Polymer and Metal-Polymer Adhesion 219Maryline Moreno-Couranjou, Nicolas D. Boscher, David Duday, Rémy Maurau, Elodie Lecoq and Patrick Choquet8.1 Introduction 2208.2 Atmospheric Plasma Polymerization Processes 2218.3 Atmospheric Plasma Surface Modification for Enhanced Adhesion 2238.4 Applications of Adhesion Improvement Using Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatments 2408.5 Conclusion 246References 2469 Adhesion Improvement by Nitrogen Functionalization of Polymers Using DBD-based Plasma Sources at Ambient Pressure 251Michael Thomas, Marko Eichler, Kristina Lachmann, Jochen Borris, Alena Hinze and Claus-Peter Klages9.1 Introduction 2529.2 Amino Functionalization with Nitrogen-Containing Gases 2539.3 Adhesion Promotion by Amino Functionalization with Nitrogen-Containing Gases 2629.4 Conclusion 270Acknowledgements 271References 27110 Adhesion Improvement of Polypropylene through Aerosol Assisted Plasma Deposition at Atmospheric Pressure 275Marjorie Dubreuil, Erik Bongaers and Dirk Vangeneugden10.1 Introduction 27610.2 Experimental 27810.3 Results and Discussion 28310.4 Conclusions 295Acknowledgments 296References 29611 The Effect of Helium-Air, Helium-Water Vapor, Helium-Oxygen, and Helium-Nitrogen Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas on the Adhesion Strength of Polyethylene 299Victor Rodriguez-Santiago, Andres A. Bujanda, Kenneth E. Strawhecker and Daphne D. Pappas11.1 Introduction 30011.2 Experimental Approach 30111.3 Results and Discussion 30411.4 Conclusion 311Acknowledgements 312References 31212 Atmospheric Plasma Surface Treatment of Styrene-Butadiene Rubber: Study of Adhesion and Ageing Effects 315Cátia A. Carreira, Ricardo M. Silva, Vera V. Pinto, Maria José Ferreira, Fernando Sousa, Fernando Silva and Carlos M. Pereira12.1 Introduction 31612.2 Experimental 31912.3 Results and Discussion 32012.4 Conclusions 325Acknowledgements 325References 32613 Atmospheric Plasma Treatment in Extrusion Coating: Part 1 Surface Wetting and LDPE Adhesion to Paper 329Mikko Tuominen, J. Lavonen, H. Teisala, M. Stepien and J. Kuusipalo13.1 Introduction 33013.2 Experimental 33213.3 Results and Discussion 33613.4 Conclusions 350Acknowledgements 351References 35114 Atmospheric Plasma Treatment in Extrusion Coating: Part 2 Surface Modification of LDPE and PP Coated Papers 355Mikko Tuominen, J. Lavonen, J. Lahti and J. Kuusipalo14.1 Introduction 35614.2 Experimental 35914.3 Results and Discussion 36314.4 Conclusions 377Acknowledgements 379References 37915 Achieving Enhanced Fracture Toughness of Adhesively Bonded Cured Composite Joint Systems Using Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatments 383Amsarani Ramamoorthy, Joseph Mohan, Greg Byrne, Neal Murphy, Alojz Ivankovic and Denis P. Dowling15.1 Introduction 38415.2 Materials and Methods 38515.3 Characterisation Techniques 38715.4 Results and Discussion 38815.5 Conclusions 393Acknowledgement 393References 393