Interaction of long‐lived reactive species from cold atmospheric pressure plasma with polymers: Role of macromolecular structure and deep modification of aromatic polymers
Abstract
We report (a) the deep modification of polymers by long‐lived reactive species generated in atmospheric pressure plasma and (b) the dependence of plasma–polymer interaction on the macromolecular structure. Styrene‐based polymers show significant thickness expansion whereas polymers with methyl, alcohol, and ether side groups show low‐rate etching. The characterization of polystyrene (PS) by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy and attenuated total reflectance–Fourier transform infrared shows that plasma treatment destroys aromatic rings and produces ether, ester, and surface organic nitrate groups. These modifications can happen at tens of nanometers below the surface, which we attribute to the reaction–diffusion of plasma species. Comparing three styrene‐based polymers namely PS, poly(4‐methyl styrene), and poly(α‐methyl styrene), we find that long‐lived species primarily attack the C–H bond on the carbon site where the aromatic ring connects.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics University of Maryland College Park Maryland
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- Plasma Processes and Polymers
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- Journal Name: Plasma Processes and Polymers Journal Volume: 16 Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 1612-8850
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- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
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- Germany
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- English
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Luan, Pingshan, and Oehrlein, Gottlieb S. Interaction of long‐lived reactive species from cold atmospheric pressure plasma with polymers: Role of macromolecular structure and deep modification of aromatic polymers. Germany: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1002/ppap.201900053.
Luan, Pingshan, & Oehrlein, Gottlieb S. Interaction of long‐lived reactive species from cold atmospheric pressure plasma with polymers: Role of macromolecular structure and deep modification of aromatic polymers. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201900053
Luan, Pingshan, and Oehrlein, Gottlieb S. Mon .
"Interaction of long‐lived reactive species from cold atmospheric pressure plasma with polymers: Role of macromolecular structure and deep modification of aromatic polymers". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.201900053.
@article{osti_1557881,
title = {Interaction of long‐lived reactive species from cold atmospheric pressure plasma with polymers: Role of macromolecular structure and deep modification of aromatic polymers},
author = {Luan, Pingshan and Oehrlein, Gottlieb S.},
abstractNote = {We report (a) the deep modification of polymers by long‐lived reactive species generated in atmospheric pressure plasma and (b) the dependence of plasma–polymer interaction on the macromolecular structure. Styrene‐based polymers show significant thickness expansion whereas polymers with methyl, alcohol, and ether side groups show low‐rate etching. The characterization of polystyrene (PS) by X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy and attenuated total reflectance–Fourier transform infrared shows that plasma treatment destroys aromatic rings and produces ether, ester, and surface organic nitrate groups. These modifications can happen at tens of nanometers below the surface, which we attribute to the reaction–diffusion of plasma species. Comparing three styrene‐based polymers namely PS, poly(4‐methyl styrene), and poly(α‐methyl styrene), we find that long‐lived species primarily attack the C–H bond on the carbon site where the aromatic ring connects.},
doi = {10.1002/ppap.201900053},
journal = {Plasma Processes and Polymers},
number = 11,
volume = 16,
place = {Germany},
year = {Mon Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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