On the influence of ion-plasma treatment on the surface properties of reinforcing fillers

Author(s):  
E. D. Kolpachkov ◽  
P. S. Marakhovsky ◽  
A. P. Petrova ◽  
P. A. Shchur ◽  
S. L. Lonsky ◽  
...  

This article presents the results of a study of the hydrophilic properties of VMPS-10 84x4 glass filaments and SYT-49S 12K carbon tows. It has been found that the contact angle of glass and carbon fibers, which decreases after ion-plasma treatment, returns to its original values within 8 days. The capillarity values of both types of fibers increase irreversibly, but for carbon fibers, we observe a more significant change in this parameter. In the course of studying the microstructure of the surface of filler fibers before and after processing, it was found that all samples were uniformly covered with a film of an active lubricant with a microdispersed structure; however, for glass fibers, the size of the sizing particles increased during processing, and for carbon fibers, it decreased. In addition, thermophysical studies of the used reinforcing fillers were carried out, and it was found that during the ion-plasma modification, the erosion of the sizing film occurred.

2021 ◽  
Vol 899 ◽  
pp. 326-331
Author(s):  
Zhanna I. Kurdanova ◽  
Kamila T. Shakhmurzova ◽  
V.A. Guchinov ◽  
Ilya Kobyhno ◽  
Andrey Bezborodov

The wettability of reinforcing fillers such as glass and carbon fibers is a significant factor influencing the mechanical properties of the composite. This study focuses on the effect of finishing glass fiber surfaces with different concentrations of oligophenylene sulfide sulfone solution on fiber wettability, which is determined by contact angle and wetting time. The Adam-Schütte method was chosen as a method for determining the contact angle. According to the study results a 1.5% solution of oligophenylene sulfide sulfone in N, N'-dimethylacetamide gives a contact angle of 45°, forming over time a thin film on the fiber surface, which indicates a sufficiently high sizing ability.


Coatings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 662
Author(s):  
Essam Abdel–Fattah ◽  
Mazen Alshaer

The atmospheric pressure He- H 2 O plasma jet has been analyzed and its effects on the Kapton polyimide surface have been investigated in terms of discharge power effect. The polyimide surfaces before and after plasma treatment were characterized using atomic force microscopy (AFM), X-ray photoelectrons spectroscopy (XPS) and contact angle. The results showed that, increasing the discharge power induces remarkable changes on the emission intensity, rotational and vibrational temperatures of He- H 2 O plasma jet. At the low discharge power ≤5.2 W, the contact angle analysis of the polyimide surface remarkably decrease owing to the abundant hydrophilic polar C=O and N–C=O groups as well as increase of surface roughness. Yet, plasma treatment at high discharge power ≥5.2 W results in a slight decrease of the surface wettability together with a reduction in the surface roughness and polar groups concentrations.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Samed Ayhan Özsoy ◽  
Safiye Meriç Acıkel ◽  
Cem Aydemir

Purpose The surface energy of the printing material can be increased to desired levels with different chemicals or methods. However, the important thing is that the surface properties of printing material are not affected negatively. In this way the aim of this paper provide that the surface properties of matte and glossy coated paper is improved by the argon containing atmospheric pressure plasma device because the plasma treatment method does not occur surface damaging on the papers. Design/methodology/approach In experimental studies, test samples cut from 160 mm × 30 mm in size from 115 g/m2 gloss- and matt-coated papers were used. The plasma treatments of paper samples were carried out with an argon containing atmospheric pressure plasma device of laboratory scale that produces plasma of the corona discharge type at radio frequency. The optimized plasma parameters were at a frequency of 20 kHz and plasma power 200 W. A copper electrode of length 12 cm and diameter 2.5 mm was placed in the centre of the nozzle. Findings Research findings showed that the surface energies of the papers increased with the increase in plasma application time. While the contact angle of the untreated glossy paper is 82.2, 8 second plasma applied G3 sample showed 54 contact angle value. Similarly, the contact angle of the base paper of matt coated is 91.1, while M3 is reduced to 60.4 contact angles by the increasing plasma time. Originality/value Plasma treatment has shown that no chemical coating is needed to increase the wettability of the paper surface by reducing the contact angle between the paper and the water droplet. In addition, the surface energies of all papers treated by argon gas containing atmospheric pressure plasma, increased. Plasma treatment provides to improve both the wettability of the paper and the adhesion property required for the ink, with an environmentally friendly approach.


2014 ◽  
Vol 1015 ◽  
pp. 303-307
Author(s):  
Jiang Yan Meng ◽  
Yun Ying Wang

Low-density polyethylene (LDPE) film was treated by low-temperature plasma. Scanning electronic microscope, electronic universal testing machine, contact angle/interfacial tension measuring instrument were used to analyze the surface morphology, surface contact angle, bonding strength and performance of LDPE film before and after they were treated by low-temperature plasma. The results show that air ambience is more appropriate than N2, CO2 for treatment. Specifically, plasma treatment in air ambience, under conditions of 44 W (power), 30 s (duration) and 60 Pa (vacuum degree), can decline static contact angle of LDPE film from 101° to 13.5°. The transiency of plasma-treated LDPE film is so obvious that storage time of longer than one hour will result in a contact angle up to 74° and loss of plasma treatment effect (timeliness). Therefore, the reversible plasma-treated LDPE film should be processed immediately.


2008 ◽  
Vol 55-57 ◽  
pp. 753-756 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Nakhowong ◽  
Toemsak Srikhirin ◽  
Tanakorn Osotchan

The surface of polystyrene (PS) thin films in argon plasma was modified to study the hydrophilicity properties. An inductively coupled plasma (ICP) system was used to generate the argon plasma. In the experiment, the effect of RF power levels, gas flow rate and treatment time was investigated. The surface morphology of PS films was examined by the atomic force microscopy (AFM), also the contact angle goniometry was used for measuring the wettability of PS films before and after plasma treatment. After the plasma treatment, AFM images of PS revealed the increasing of the surface roughness as increasing the power levels and treatment times. Moreover, after treated with argon plasma, the contact angles of polystyrene films also decrease where the power levels and treatment times were increased. It is clear that the effects of power levels and treatment time improve the wettability of PS films. It can also be observed that by placing the sample in air after plasma treatment, the contact angle gradually increases probably due to moisture absorption in the PS films.


2007 ◽  
Vol 14 (04) ◽  
pp. 821-825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q. F. WEI ◽  
Y. LIU ◽  
F. L. HUANG ◽  
S. H. HONG

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) has been increasingly used in many industries due to its low frictional coefficient and excellent chemical inertness. The surface properties of PTFE are of importance in various applications. The surface properties of PTFE can be modified by different techniques. In this study, PTFE film was treated in oxygen plasma for improving surface wettability. The effects of plasma treatment on dynamic wetting behavior were characterized using Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and dynamic contact angle (DCA) measurements. SPM observations revealed the etching effect of the plasma treatment on the film. The introduction of hydrophilic groups by plasma treatment was detected by FTIR. The roughened and functionalized surface resulted in the change in both advancing and receding contact angles. Advancing and receding contact angles were significantly reduced, but the contact angle hysteresis was obviously increased after plasma treatment.


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Bochkov ◽  
M. Varkale ◽  
R. Merijs Meri ◽  
J. Zicans ◽  
P. Franciszczak ◽  
...  

The work demonstrates selected results of the investigations on surface properties and wear resistance of polypropylene based wood-polymer composites (WPC) reinforced with wood flour. WPC are broadly applied in construction and automotive sectors, where mechanical, thermal as well as moisture absorbing characteristics are of great importance. In order to get information about wear resistance of such composites Taber wear test is applied. Surface properties are investigated before and after tribological test. Contact angle values of the investigated compositions are compared after different wear periods (0, 2000, 5000 and 10000 cycles) with abrasives H22 and CS17.


2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (7) ◽  
pp. 60-65
Author(s):  
Gulnara I. Amerkhanova ◽  
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Alexey I. Khatsrinov ◽  
Lyubov A. Zenitova ◽  
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...  

The paper investigates the effect of plasma treatment of basalt fiber on its hydrophilic behavior, which was estimated by contact angle. The pre-chopped basalt fiber was put in a soft polyethylene container to prevent fiber particles from being carried away by a flow of plasma gas, and to protect outlet gas ducts against clogging. It was evaluated what effect the plasma modification had on the strength properties of BST V40 P2 concrete. As the treatment time increases the contact angle becomes higher until treatment time reaches 10 minutes. The contact angle-treatment power dependence passes through a maximum. The highest value has been observed at a treatment power of 0.6 kW both on the day of treatment and after a 5-day rest period. The wettability of basalt fiber after 5 days of exposure after the first wetting leads to lower results, but remains at a fairly high level. The retreatment after a 5-day curing period yields lower results, but the level remains sufficiently high. The highest contact angle has been observed at a treatment power of 0.6 kW, gas flow rate (G) of 0.04 g/s, chamber pressure (P) of 20 Pa, with air/argon mixture (1:1) as plasma gas. Were tested samples of concrete BST V 40 P 2 with the addition of plasma-treated basalt fiber in the amount of 0.5 and 3% of the mass. on the strength index under two modes of basalt fiber processing: in mode 1 the treatment time was 10 minutes, the treatment power was 1.5 kW; and in mode 2 the treatment time was 5 minutes, the treatment power was 0.6 kW, with the addition of plasma treated basalt fiber (0.5 and 3 mass percent). It was found that the plasma treatment of basalt fiber before chopping gave concrete a higher strength than plasma treatment followed by chopping. Concrete has the highest strength when basalt fiber (3 mass percent) is subjected to plasma treatment in mode 2. Furthermore, the strength increased by 23 mass percent in comparison with the reference sample.


Coatings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akashlynn Badruddoza Dithi ◽  
Takashi Nezu ◽  
Futami Nagano-Takebe ◽  
Md Hasan ◽  
Takashi Saito ◽  
...  

Hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings on titanium implants enhance rapid bone formation around the implant due to their osteoconductive property. The present study aimed to achieve a thin and uniform HA film coating on titanium implants by solution plasma treatment (SPT). Commercially pure titanium and porous titanium disks were employed. A pulse plasma generator was used on the disks for 30 min. Morphologic and crystallographic features of the deposited films were examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffractometry (XRD). To evaluate the wettability of the disks, water droplet (20 µL) surfaces were measured using a contact angle analyzer. The initial attachment of osteoblast-like cells (MC3T3E1) on the titanium substrates before and after solution plasma treatment was evaluated by counting the number of attached cells after incubation for 4 h. After immersion in the mineralizing solution for up to seven days, no crystals were observed on the polished-Ti surface. A more uniform and dense precipitation of round and grown crystals with diameters of approximately 1–5 µm was observed on Ti-SPT. XRD clearly showed that the precipitated crystals on titanium disks were HA. The contact angle of the polished-Ti increased with time (θ = 37°–51°). The surface of the Ti-SPT remained hydrophilic (θ ˂ 5°) after up to 30 days of aging. The number of attached cells on the Ti-SPT after aging for 30 days remained above 85% of that on the Ti-SPT without aging. SPT in a mineralizing solution can be used to acquire a homogenous precipitation of HA on porous-surfaced titanium implants.


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