The aim of this study is to modify the surface of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films by using low temperature plasma of starting materials such as hexafluorobenzene(HFB), 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedione(HFPD), hexafluoroglutaric anhydrid...
The aim of this study is to modify the surface of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) films by using low temperature plasma of starting materials such as hexafluorobenzene(HFB), 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-2,4-pentanedione(HFPD), hexafluoroglutaric anhydride(HFGA), hexafluoroacetone trihydrate (HFATH), acrylic acid(AA), and acrylonitrile(AN). Plasma system made for this study was used in modifing PET films. PET films were treated by plasma and contact angles of modified film were measured according to Busscher method, and also the work of adhesion worked out as Young-Dupre' equation.
The results were as follows. The effect of plasma treatment on the work of adhesion of PET films depend upon the kinds of the starting material, PET films treated by HFB, HFPD, and HFGA plasma were appeared relatively lower the work of adhesion than the untreated its, while PE-I' films treated by HFATH and AA plasma are showed higher than untreated its. But the PET film treated by AN plasma has been had the same work of adhesion of the untreated it.
And the liquid group proposed by Busscher are not suitable to the assess in the high work of adhesion according to the Young-Dupre' equation.