Effects of Ar-Plasma Treatment in Alkali-Decomposition of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Eun-Deock Seo

Macromolecular Research, Vol.11, No.5, 387-392, October, 2003

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Effects of Ar-Plasma Treatment in Alkali-Decomposition of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Eun-Deock Seo^†

Division of Chemical Engineering, Kyungnam University, Masan 631-701, Korea

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The ablation effects of Ar-plasma treatment and alkali-decomposition behavior in NaOH solution of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film were investigated. The modifications were evaluated by analysis of atomic force microscopy topographical changes, and by the measurement of decomposition yield in conjunction with heats of formation and electron densities of acyl carbon calculated by Parameterization Method 3 method. It has shown that the alkali-decomposition is hampered by plasma treatment and its decomposition yield is closely related with plasma treatment conditions such as exposure time to plasma. Plasma-treated PET films exhibited lower decomposition yield, compared to that of virgin PET. Increasing plasma exposure time contributes positively to decrease the decomposition yield. It has also shown that the topography of PET surface was affected by the base-promoted hydrolysis as well as Ar-plasma treatments. These behaviors are attributed to the decreased nucleophilicity of acylcarbon damaged by the ablation of Ar-plasma.

Keywords:plasma treatment;surface modification;alkali decomposition;AFM;PET

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[Referenced By]

[1] Yasuda H, Plasma Polymerization, New York, Academic Press (1985)

[2] Park SJ, Jin JS, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 236(1), 155 (2001)

[3] Cho DL, Claesson PM, Golander C, Johanssen K, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 41, 1374 (1990)

[4] Choi DM, Park CK, Cho K, Park CE, Polymer, 38(25), 6243 (1997)

[5] Uchida E, Uyama Y, Ikada Y, Langmuir, 9, 1121 (1993)

[6] Hwang TS, Hwang DS, Lee JM, Hwang EH, Polym.(Korea), 23(5), 632 (1999)

[7] Khang G, Lee SJ, Lee YM, Lee JH, Lee HB, Korea Polym. J., 8(4), 179 (2000)

[8] Lee HB, Lee JH, Encyclopedic Handbook of Biomaterials and Bioengineering: Part A. Materials, D.L. Wise, D.J. Trantolo, D.E. Altobelli, M.J. Yaszemski, J.D. Gresser, and E.R. Schwarz, Eds., Maecel Dekker, New York, Vol. 1, pp. 371-398 (1995)

[9] Khang G, Choi MK, Rhee JM, Lee SJ, Lee HB, Iwasaki Y, Nakabayashi N, Ishihara K, Korea Polym. J., 9(2), 107 (2001)

[10] Kim MJ, Seo ED, Polym.(Korea), 26(2), 279 (2002)

[11] Seo ED, Macromol. Res., 10(5), 291 (2002)

[12] Gupta B, Hilborn J, Hollenstein C, Plummer CJG, Houriet R, Xanthopoulos N, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., 78(5), 1083 (2000)

[13] Mahlberg R, Niemi HEM, Denes FS, Rowell RM, Langmuir, 15(8), 2985 (1999)

[14] Seo ED, Lym HS, Kang YR, Polym.(Korea), 15(5), 570 (1991)

[15] Grill A, Cold Plasma in Materials Fabrication-from Fundamentals to Applications, IEEE Press, New York, pp. 155 (1994)

[16] Yoo DI, Park KH, Kim BH, Lee MS, Kim TH, Kim JH, J. Korean Fiber Soc., 34, 329 (1997)

[17] Lee JJ, Yoon JY, Kim JH, J. Korean Fiber Soc., 36, 632 (1999)

[18] Lerouge S, Wertheimer MR, Yahia LH, Plasmas Polym., 6, 175 (2001)