Surface properties and printability of polypropylene film treated by an air dielectric barrier discharge plasma

Surface Coatings International Part B: Coatings Transactions

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 49-55

  Morsy, F A ^a   Elsayad, S Y ^a   Bakry, A ^a   Eid, M A ^b  

^a Helwan University   (Egypt)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Dielectric barrier discharge plasma; Polypropylene; Print quality; Surface energy

Indexed keywords

AIR DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE PLASMA; POLYPROPYLENE FILM; PRINT QUALITY;

ADHESION; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMAS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 33646432504     PISSN: 14764865     EISSN: 14764865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02699614     Document Type: Article

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