Surface Modification on Vulcanized Rubber by DBD Plasma

2015 ◽  
Vol 1119 ◽  
pp. 375-378
Author(s):  
Pongsopa ◽  
Kanchaya Honglertkongsakul ◽  
Pattira Homhuan

Vulcanized rubber surface was modified by dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma system. The hydrophilic surface can be achieved in the shortly treatment and confirmed by contact angle measurement. The increasing hydrophilic group on rubber surface was monitored by Attenuated total reflectance fourier transform infrared spectrometer called as ATR-FTIR. The surface roughness was investigated to decrease from 202.13 to 82.02 nm after DBD plasma at treatment time 180s.The optimum conditions for making contact angle lower to 22 degree by DBD plasma treatment in this work were; treatment time, 15 s; input voltage on a neon sign transformer, 200 V; electrode gap, 6 mm.

2016 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Gao ◽  
H. Watanabe ◽  
K. Nakane ◽  
K. Zhao

A kind of silica nanofibers (SNF) mats with superhydrophobicity and superlipophilicity as well as excellent heat resistance, had been prepared by modifying of 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 3-hexamethyldisilazane on electrospun SNF mats. The effects of heat treatment time on properties of modified SNF mats were investigated by scanning electron microscopy, nitrogen absorption analysis, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and contact angle measurement. With high specific surface area 240.1 m2/g, the optimal modified SNF mat approached water contact angle (WCA) 153.2? and fuel contact angle (FCA) 0?, furthermore, even after annealing by 450?C in air for 1h , WCA remained at 135.5? and FCA kept at 3.8?, which opened a new way to improve heat resistance of fuel-water filter paper.


2013 ◽  
Vol 747 ◽  
pp. 210-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mintra Meemusaw ◽  
Rathanawan Magaraphan

We demonstrated the environmentally friendly method, Cold Plasma treatment with oxygen plasma gas, in order to introduce the polar groups into non-polar polymer. HDPE pellets were treated with cold plasma under the mixture of plasma gas and air at atmospheric pressure. After that, the treated samples were immediately subjected into the twin-screw extruder. Plasma treatment time, 30 seconds, 1 and 2 minutes, was studied. From the contact angle measurement, all treated samples showed lower contact angle value than the neat HDPE from 96.83° to 80.84° - 84.53° suggesting that the hydrophilicity of all treated samples were improved. The polar part of surface free energy (γsp) of all treated samples increased from the neat HDPE from almost zero to 13.34-21.88 mN/m. ATR-FTIR results confirmed the increasing of γsp value. It was due to the new oxygenated functional groups which were introduced into the non-polar polymer. Lastly, from SEM images, the roughness of cross-sectional area increased after plasma treatment which attributed to the incompatible between the polar component and the non-polar component.


2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 178-187
Author(s):  
Khoa Thanh Nhat Phan ◽  
Thanh Trung Nguyen ◽  
Tuan Van Phan ◽  
Binh Van Pham ◽  
Tung Xuan Thanh Pham ◽  
...  

In cantilever-based biosensor, Au surface plays two essential roles: as a surface to reflect laser beam and as a surface to be modified and thus functionalize the sensor. In this paper, we researched on modifying the Au surface by cysteamine and glutaraldehyde to make it reactive toward amine substances. Cysteamine concentration, cysteamine treatment time and glutaraldehyde treatment time were investigated to find optimal values. The data of chromogenic reaction catalyzed by horseradish peroxidase (HRP) and the data of water contact angle measurement were combined to find the optimal values. The results showed that the modification with 5 mM cysteamine in ethanol for 16 h and glutaraldehyde for 1 h would create the Au surface which can react optimally with amine substances.


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed S. Belal ◽  
Jehan El Nady ◽  
Azza Shokry ◽  
Shaker Ebrahim ◽  
Moataz Soliman ◽  
...  

AbstractOily water contamination has been sighted as one of the most global environmental pollution. Herein, copper hydroxide nanorods layer was constructed onto cellulosic filter paper surface cured with polydopamine, Ag nanoparticles, and Cu NPs through immersion method. This work has been aimed to produce a superhydrophobic and superoleophilic cellulosic filter paper. The structure, crystalline, and morphological properties of these modified cellulosic filter paper were investigated. Scanning electron microscope images confirmed that the modified surface was rougher compared with the pristine surface. The contact angle measurement confirmed the hydrophobic nature of these modified surfaces with a water contact angle of 169.7°. The absorption capacity was 8.2 g/g for diesel oil and the separation efficiency was higher than 99%. It was noted that the flux in the case of low viscosity solvent as n-hexane was 9663.5 Lm−2 h−1, while for the viscous oil as diesel was 1452.7 Lm−2 h−1.


2011 ◽  
Vol 306-307 ◽  
pp. 25-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Luo ◽  
Zhan Yun Huang ◽  
Di Hu Chen

In this work, titanium oxide nanorod arrays were fabricated by using the hydrothermal method on fluorine-doped tin oxide (FTO) coated glass. The diameter of the nanorods could be controlled from 150 nm to 30 nm by changing the growth parameters. The surface morphology and the structure of the samples were characterized by SEM and XRD. The wetting properties were identified by contact angle measurement. Platelet attachment was investigated to evaluate the blood compatibility of the samples with different nanoscale topographies. Results show that the nanotopographical surfaces perform outstanding blood compatibility, and the adhering platelet decreased with the increasing diameter of the nanorods.


Author(s):  
He Xu ◽  
Yan Xu ◽  
Peiyuan Wang ◽  
Hongpeng Yu ◽  
Ozoemena Anthony Ani ◽  
...  

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore a novel measurement approach for wheel-terrain contact angle using laser scanning sensors based on near-terrain perception. Laser scanning sensors have rarely been applied to the measurement of wheel-terrain contact angle for wheeled mobile robots (WMRs) in previous studies; however, it is an effective way to measure wheel-terrain contact angle directly with the advantages of simple, fast and high accuracy. Design/methodology/approach First, kinematics model for a WMR moving on rough terrain was developed, taking into consideration wheel slip and wheel-terrain contact angle. Second, the measurement principles of wheel-terrain contact angle using laser scanning sensors was presented, including “rigid wheel - rigid terrain” model and “rigid wheel - deformable terrain” model. Findings In the proposed approach, the measurement of wheel-terrain contact angle using laser scanning sensors was successfully demonstrated. The rationality of the approach was verified by experiments on rigid and sandy terrains with satisfactory results. Originality/value This paper proposes a novel, fast and effective wheel-terrain contact angle measurement approach for WMRs moving on both rigid and deformable terrains, using laser scanning sensors.


Author(s):  
Lixin Wang ◽  
Pan Pan ◽  
Shixing Yan ◽  
Shiyun Dong

The slippery zone of Nepenthes alata depends on its highly evolved morphology and structure to show remarkable superhydrophobicity, which has gradually become a biomimetic prototype for developing superhydrophobic materials. However, the mechanism governing this phenomenon has not been fully revealed through model analysis. In this paper, the superhydrophobicity of slippery zone is studied by contact angle measurement, morphology/structure examination and model analysis. The slippery zone causes ultrapure water droplet to produce a considerably high contact angle (155.11–158.30°), and has a micro-nano scale hierarchical structures consisting of lunate cells and wax coverings. According to the Cassie-Baxter equation and a self-defined infiltration coefficient, a model was established to analyze the effect of structure characteristic on the contact angle. Analysis result showed that the calculated contact angle (154.67–159.49°) was highly consistent with the measured contact angle, indicating that the established model can quantitatively characterize the relationship between the contact angle and the structure characteristic. Our study provides some evidences to further reveal the superhydrophobic mechanism of Nepenthes alata slippery zone, as well as inspires the biomimetic development of superhydrophobic surfaces.


2004 ◽  
Vol 274 (2) ◽  
pp. 637-644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tammar S. Meiron ◽  
Abraham Marmur ◽  
I.Sam Saguy

2015 ◽  
Vol 1112 ◽  
pp. 359-362
Author(s):  
Aisyah Nor Hasnan ◽  
Azizah Hanom Ahmad

Dammar plant resin is a local natural resin that can be bled from Dipterocaupacea sp of tree. It can be found abundantly in Malaysia’s tropical forest especially in Sarawak. Dammar and Titanium Dioxide was mixed in a various wt% to produce Dammar-modified Titanium Dioxide coating system. The modified coating systems were then spin-coated onto Aluminium Q-panel as the substrate. Coated Q-panels were left to cure at room temperature. The curing time was evaluated using dust free stage. The addition of Titanium Dioxide into the coating system fastens the curing time taken for the coated Q-panel to be cure. It only took about 11-12 minutes to dry compared to the coating system before the addition of Titanium Dioxide where a quite long duration required, 32 minutes. Contact angle measurement was also carried out in order to determine the wettability of the coating system. The surface coated with dammar-modified titanium dioxide found to be hydrophobic where a quite large contact angle obtained for the sample with 3 wt% of Titanium Dioxide (PDT3). The water droplets actually rest on the coating surface without wetting the surface. Water absorption test was done to strengthen the contact angle results where coated substrate was soaked into distilled water for 24 hours and being weighed before and after soaking. The difference of before and after soaking weigh showed that the coating surface does not absorb that much water where only approximately 0.02% of water being absorbed by the coating system for 3 wt%. It proved that the coating systems applied are hydrophobic.


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