Surface treatment of polyethylene terephthalate films using a microsecond pulse homogeneous dielectric barrier discharges in atmospheric air

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1615-1623

  Fang, Zhi ^a   Yang, Hao ^a   Qiu, Yuchang ^b  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dielectric barrier discharge (DBD); discharge power density; homogeneous DBD; non thermal plasma; surface modification

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AIR; ATR FTIR; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; BEFORE AND AFTER; CURRENT PULSE; DIELECTRIC BARRIER; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; DISCHARGE CHARACTERISTICS; DISCHARGE POWER; FTIR; HIGH VOLTAGE POWER SUPPLY; HOMOGENEOUS DIELECTRICS; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; OPERATING PARAMETERS; PARALLEL ELECTRODES; PET FILMS; POLAR GROUPS; POLYETHYLENE-TEREPHTHALATE FILMS; SEM; SURFACE ENERGIES; SURFACE ENERGY MEASUREMENTS; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY; TREATMENT TIME; VOLTAGE PULSE; WATER CONTACTS; XPS;

CONTACT ANGLE; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; FLOW CONTROL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHILICITY; INSTRUMENTS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; OXYGEN; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASMAS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE DISCHARGES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; THERMOPLASTICS; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 77954542632     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2010.2048342     Document Type: Article

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