화학공학소재연구정보센터
Applied Surface Science, Vol.264, 589-592, 2013
A simple approach for surface hardening of polystyrene
One strategy in prolonging the lifetime of polymer materials is to improve their surface mechanical properties. A simple and easy method to modify the polymer surface based on the preferential segregation of inorganic materials is applied to a glassy polymer. We clearly show that the polystyrene film with a few nm-thick hybrid surface layer with hydrolyzed tetraethoxysilane exhibits excellent wear resistance and anti-oxidant properties. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.