화학공학소재연구정보센터
Polymer, Vol.52, No.8, 1797-1802, 2011
Tuning of polypropylene wettability by plasma and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane modifications
In this work, we have exposed polypropylene (PP) to plasma treatment and then reactively coated with polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane-isothiocyanate (POSS-NCS) in order to modify both of its surface characteristics: chemical composition and roughness. The results of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) showed a strong relation between plasma exposure time and PP roughness, as expected. On the other hand, the POSS-coating promoted the reduction of surface roughness, but induced a substantial increase in the water contact angle (WCA), probably due to the modification of the surface chemical nature. Besides, the surface tuning method discussed here is a fast, industrial-suitable procedure which can be applied to different polymers. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.