Print Email Facebook Twitter Physico Chemical Characteristics of High Performance Polymer Modified by Low and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma1 Title Physico Chemical Characteristics of High Performance Polymer Modified by Low and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma1 Author Bhatnagar, N. Jha, S. Bhowmik, S. Gupta, G. Moon, J.B. Kim, C.G. Faculty Aerospace Engineering Department Aerspace Structures and Materials Date 2012-03-01 Abstract In this work, the effect of low pressure plasma and atmospheric-pressure plasma treatment on surface properties and adhesion characteristics of high performance polymer, Polyether Ether Ketone (PEEK) are investigated in terms of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The experimental results show that the PEEK surface treated by atmospheric pressure plasma lead to an increase in the polar component of the surface energy, resulting in improving the adhesion characteristics of the PEEK/Epoxy adhesive system. Also, the roughness of the treated surfaces is largely increased as confirmed by AFM observation. These results can be explained by the fact that the atmospheric pressure plasma treatment of PEEK surface yields several oxygen functionalities on hydrophobic surface, which play an important role in increasing the surface polarity, wettability, and the adhesion characteristics of the PEEK/Epoxy adhesive system. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:99c3dc04-95c4-4143-aafd-b16ab5825e7c DOI https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068375512020032 Publisher Springer-Verlag ISSN 1934-8002 Source http://link.springer.com/article/10.3103/S1068375512020032 Source Surface Engineering and Applied Electrochemistry, 48(2)2012 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights (c)2012 The Authors and Springer Files PDF Bhatnagar.pdf 1010.67 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:99c3dc04-95c4-4143-aafd-b16ab5825e7c/datastream/OBJ/view