The adhesion of oxygen-plasma treated poly(ethylene) and poly(ethylene terephthlate) films
- Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London (United Kingdom)
- Univ. of Surrey (United Kingdom)
The effects of low-pressure oxygen-plasma treatment on the surfaces of poly(ethylene) (PE) and poly(ethylene terephthlate) (PET) films and its influence on the adhesion of PE/PET laminates were assessed. The 90{degree} peel test was used to estimate the adhesive fracture energy, G{sub c} for the laminates. XPS, SEM and AFM were used to analyse the treated films and fracture surfaces. Significant improvements in bond strength occurred within very short treatment times (5s at 50W) with the maximum adhesion occurring after 300s. For longer treatment times the bond strengths decrease slightly. G{sub c} values were found to be low when PET was the peel arm. When PE was the peel arm, the G{sub c} values were substantially larger using the current analysis.
- OSTI ID:
- 441488
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960214-; TRN: 96:006556-0021
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 19. annual meeting of the Adhesion Society, Inc, Myrtle Beach, SC (United States), 18-21 Feb 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 19th annual meeting of the Adhesion Society; Ward, T.C. [ed.]; PB: 567 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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