Long term effects of air dielectric barrier discharge treatment on the surface properties of Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA)

Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 717-731

  Dixon, D ^a   Morrison, R ^a   Lemoine, P ^a   Meenan, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Corona; Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD); Ethylene Vinyl Acetate (EVA); Peel test; Plasma; XPS

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CAPILLARY FLOW; CONTACT ANGLE; CURVE FITTING; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DISCHARGE (FLUID MECHANICS); EQUIPMENT TESTING; ETHYLENE; FLOW CONTROL; FLUID MECHANICS; FOOD PRESERVATION; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PLASMAS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; SURFACE TREATMENT; SURFACES; TRACE ANALYSIS; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (PL) PROPERTIES; AFM MEASUREMENTS; AFTER-TREATMENT; AIR DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (AFM); CONTACT-ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; DBD TREATMENT; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE (DBD) TREATMENT; ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE (EVA); LONG TERM EFFECTS; LONG TERM STABILITY; PEEL STRENGTH; PEEL TESTING; SMOOTHING EFFECTS; STORAGE PERIODS; SURFACE MODIFICATIONS; TREATMENT TIMES; WATER CONTACT ANGLE (WCA); X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (XPS);

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 46249094972     PISSN: 01694243     EISSN: 15685616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156856108X305877     Document Type: Article

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