Mechanisms Influencing the Formation of the Carbonized Layer Relief on the Polymer Surface after the Ion-Plasma Treatment Modeling

2018 ◽  
Vol 938 ◽  
pp. 148-155
Author(s):  
A.Yu. Belyaev ◽  
A.L. Svistkov

The work is devoted to the discussion of hypotheses that are put forward to explain the processes occurring during ion-plasma treatment of polyurethane. A carbonized layer forms on the surface of the polymer as a result of ion-plasma treatment. However this layer is not even. Wavy relief, the geometric features of which depend on the fluence (the number of ions entering the unit surface of the sample) and the energy of ions, is formed. It is shown that a simple explanation related to material heating and subsequent shrinkage does not allow explaining the cause of the phenomenon. The second hypothesis can be the pressure of the ion flow on the surface of the sample. It causes deformation and subsequent changes in the stress-strain state after the irradiation is stopped. Calculations show that this mechanism cannot explain the formation of the folded relief of the layer. A hypothesis, based on information about a significant material change, is expressed in the article. Polymer chains under ion-plasma treatment are broken into atoms. After striking ions move deep into the material causing the polymer to swell in the near-surface layer. This swelling can cause material to move close to the sample boundary and leads to the formation of a wavy surface.

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 300
Author(s):  
Edward Bormashenko ◽  
Irina Legchenkova ◽  
Shiri Navon-Venezia ◽  
Mark Frenkel ◽  
Yelena Bormashenko

The impact of the Corona, dielectric barrier discharge, and low pressure radiofrequency air plasmas on the chemical composition and wettability of medical grade polyvinylchloride was investigated. Corona plasma treatment exerted the most pronounced increase in the hydrophilization of polyvinylchloride. The specific energy of adhesion of the pristine and plasma-treated Polyvinylchloride (PVC) tubing is reported. Plasma treatment increased markedly the specific free surface energy of PVC. The kinetics of hydrophobic recovery following plasma treatment was explored. The time evolution of the apparent contact angle under the hydrophobic recovery is satisfactorily described by the exponential fitting. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy of the chemical composition of the near-surface layers of the plasma-treated catheters revealed their oxidation. The effect of the hydrophobic recovery hardly correlated with oxidation of the polymer surface, which is irreversible and it is reasonably attributed to the bulk mobility of polymer chains.


Author(s):  
Edward Bormashenko ◽  
Irina Legchenkova ◽  
Shiri Navon-Venezia ◽  
Mark Frenkel ◽  
Yelena Bormashenko

Impact of the Corona, dielectric barrier discharge and low pressure radiofrequency air plasmas on the chemical composition and wettability of the medical grade polyvinylchloride was investigated. Corona plasma treatment exerted the most pronounced increase in the hydrophilization of polyvinylchloride. The specific energy of adhesion of the pristine and plasma treated PVC tubing is reported. The kinetics of hydrophobic recovery following the plasma treatment was explored. The time evolution of the apparent contact angle under the hydrophobic recovery is satisfactorily described by the exponential fitting. Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy of the chemical composition of the near-surface layers of the plasma treated catheters revealed their oxidation. The effect of the hydrophobic recovery is hardly correlated with oxidation of the polymer surface, which is irreversible.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina A. Moskvina ◽  
Galina G. Maier ◽  
Kamil N. Ramazanov ◽  
Roman S. Esipov ◽  
Aleksey A. Nikolaev ◽  
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Lab on a Chip ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (10) ◽  
pp. 1173 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alex Y. N. Hui ◽  
Gang Wang ◽  
Bingcheng Lin ◽  
Wing-Tat Chan

2020 ◽  
Vol 992 ◽  
pp. 658-662
Author(s):  
M.A. Mokeev ◽  
L.A. Urkhanova ◽  
A.N. Khagleev ◽  
Denis B. Solovev

Mechanical, chemical and plasma treatment are the main kind of treatment of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) films. Each method is different from each other by the adhesive force: the value of the wetting angle. Mechanical treatment allows different particles to permeate into the structure of the polymer. Chemical treatment creates new functional groups on the polymer surface, but this method is toxic and dangerous. Plasma treatment, in a glow discharge non-thermal plasma, is a more ecological and practical method. The experiment showed that the plasma treatment successfully increases the adhesion, this has been proven by infrared spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy. According to the obtained data of the wetting angle, the regression equation was derived. A graphical model is constructed by regression equations allows you to determine the main processing factor and choose the optimal values of treatment.


2014 ◽  
Vol 69 (13) ◽  
pp. 1245-1251 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Tolstoguzov ◽  
M. N. Drozdov ◽  
I. A. Zeltser ◽  
K. A. Arushanov ◽  
Orlando M. N. D. Teodoro

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