Surface hydrophilization of two polyester films by atmospheric-pressure plasma and ultraviolet excimer light exposures

Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 473-486

  Gotoh, Keiko ^a   Nagai, Yu ^a   Yonehara, Yuri ^a   Kobayashi, Yasuyuki ^b  

^a NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MUNICIPAL TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

atmospheric pressure plasma jet; contact angle; PEN; PET; polyester films; soil deposition; soil removal; surface free energy; ultraviolet excimer light

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTACT ANGLE; DEPOSITION; FREE ENERGY; PLASMA JETS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SOILS; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMA JETS; POLYESTER FILMS; SOIL REMOVAL; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; ULTRAVIOLET EXCIMER LIGHT;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 84920897230     PISSN: 01694243     EISSN: 15685616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01694243.2014.995342     Document Type: Article

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