PMID- 19950952
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100528
LR  - 20100223
IS  - 1520-5827 (Electronic)
IS  - 0743-7463 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 5
DP  - 2010 Mar 2
TI  - Surface analysis of polymers treated by remote atmospheric pressure plasma.
PG  - 3710-9
LID - 10.1021/la9032018 [doi]
AB  - The surfaces of high-density polyethylene (HDPE), poly(methyl methacrylate) 
      (PMMA), and polyethersulfone (PES) were treated with a low-temperature, 
      atmospheric pressure oxygen and helium plasma. The polymers were exposed to the 
      downstream afterglow of the plasma, which contained primarily oxygen atoms and 
      metastable oxygen molecules ((1)Delta(g) O(2)), and no ions or electrons. X-ray 
      photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) of HDPE revealed that 20% of the carbon atoms 
      were converted into oxidized functional groups, with about half of these being 
      carboxylic acids. Attenuated total reflection infrared spectroscopy of all three 
      polymers was obtained in order to determine the types of functional groups formed 
      by atmospheric plasma exposure. It was found that the polymers were rapidly 
      oxidized with addition of alcohols, ketones, and carboxylic acids to the carbon 
      backbone. Chain scission occurred on HDPE and PMMA, while on PES the aromatic 
      groups underwent ring-opening and insertion of carboxylic acid.
FAU - Gonzalez, Eleazar 2nd
AU  - Gonzalez E 2nd
AD  - Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, 
      Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
FAU - Hicks, Robert F
AU  - Hicks RF
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Langmuir
JT  - Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
JID - 9882736
EDAT- 2009/12/03 06:00
MHDA- 2009/12/03 06:01
CRDT- 2009/12/03 06:00
PHST- 2009/12/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/12/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/12/03 06:01 [medline]
AID - 10.1021/la9032018 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Langmuir. 2010 Mar 2;26(5):3710-9. doi: 10.1021/la9032018.