PMID- 33096594
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201030
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 10
DP  - 2020 Oct 21
TI  - Study of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Kinetics Modification Treated by 
      Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) Plasma.
LID - 10.3390/polym12102422 [doi]
LID - 2422
AB  - In this work, the plasma was used in the dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) 
      technique for modifying the high-density polyethylene (HDPE) surface. The 
      treatments were performed via argon or oxygen, for 10 min, at a frequency of 820 
      Hz, voltage of 20 kV, 2 mm distance between electrodes, and atmospheric pressure. 
      The efficiency of the plasma was determined through the triple Langmuir probe to 
      check if it had enough energy to promote chemical changes on the material 
      surface. Physicochemical changes were diagnosed through surface characterization 
      techniques such as contact angle, attenuated total reflection to Fourier 
      transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), X-ray excited photoelectron 
      spectroscopy (XPS), and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Plasma electronics 
      temperature showed that it has enough energy to break or form chemical bonds on 
      the material surface, impacting its wettability directly. The wettability test 
      was performed before and after treatment through the sessile drop, using 
      distilled water, glycerin, and dimethylformamide, to the profile of surface 
      tensions by the Fowkes method, analyzing the contact angle variation. ATR-FTIR 
      and XPS analyses showed that groups and bonds were altered or generated on the 
      surface when compared with the untreated sample. The AFM showed a change in 
      roughness, and this directly affected the increase of wettability.
FAU - Neto, Joao Freire de Medeiros
AU  - Neto JFM
AD  - Plasma Materials Processing Laboratory, Federal University of Rio Grande do 
      Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil.
FAU - Alves de Souza, Ivan
AU  - Alves de Souza I
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7381-6025
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Piaui, Teresina 
      64049-550, Brazil.
FAU - Feitor, Michelle Cequeira
AU  - Feitor MC
AD  - Plasma Materials Processing Laboratory, Federal University of Rio Grande do 
      Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil.
FAU - Targino, Talita Galvao
AU  - Targino TG
AD  - Plasma Materials Processing Laboratory, Federal University of Rio Grande do 
      Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil.
FAU - Diniz, Gutembergy Ferreira
AU  - Diniz GF
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1773-7933
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Uberlandia, 
      Uberlandia 38408-100, Brazil.
FAU - Liborio, Maxwell Santana
AU  - Liborio MS
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1579-8775
AD  - Plasma Materials Processing Laboratory, Federal University of Rio Grande do 
      Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil.
FAU - Sousa, Romulo Ribeiro Magalhaes
AU  - Sousa RRM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2062-6505
AD  - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Federal University of Piaui, Teresina 
      64049-550, Brazil.
FAU - Costa, Thercio Henrique de Carvalho
AU  - Costa THC
AD  - Plasma Materials Processing Laboratory, Federal University of Rio Grande do 
      Norte, Natal 59078-970, Brazil.
LA  - eng
GR  - 001/Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20201021
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC7590228
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - DBD plasma
OT  - HDPE
OT  - Langmuir
OT  - wettability
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2020/10/25 06:00
MHDA- 2020/10/25 06:01
PMCR- 2020/10/21
CRDT- 2020/10/24 01:00
PHST- 2020/08/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/09/18 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/09/26 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/10/24 01:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2020/10/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/10/25 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/10/21 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym12102422 [pii]
AID - polymers-12-02422 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym12102422 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2020 Oct 21;12(10):2422. doi: 10.3390/polym12102422.