Artigo Revisado por pares

Oxygen Plasma Treatment of Rubber Surface by the Atmospheric Pressure Cold Plasma Torch

1997; Institute of Physics; Volume: 36; Issue: 5R Linguagem: Inglês

10.1143/jjap.36.2888

ISSN

1347-4065

Autores

Bong-ju Lee, Yukihiro Kusano, Nobuko Kato, Kazuo Naito, Takao Horiuchi, Hideomi Koinuma Hideomi Koinuma,

Tópico(s)

Surface Modification and Superhydrophobicity

Resumo

A new application of the atmospheric cold plasma torch has been investigated. Namely, the surface treatment of an air-exposed vulcanized rubber compound. The effect of plasma treatment was evaluated by the bondability of the treated rubber compound with another rubber compound using a polyurethane adhesive. The adhesion property was improved by treatment of the rubber compound with plasma containing oxygen radicals. Physical and chemical changes of the rubber surface as a result of the plasma treatment were analyzed by field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM) and fourier transform infrared attenuated total reflection (FTIR-ATR).

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