ISSN:
0021-8995
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Polymer and Materials Science
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
,
Physics
Notes:
Surface grafting of polymeric materials, such as films and fibers, may improve their reactive surface properties. Polypropylene active sites that should initiate a surface postgrafting can be formed by either nitrogen cold plasma or an electron-beam irradiation. The plasmamodified polymer surface is cross-linked and functionalized with primary amino groups and with oxidized groups, and it is almost not degraded. Electron-beam-modified polypropylene is also functionalized through an aging reaction, emphasized by a high radical concentration. In both cases, active surface films are susceptible to react with monomers in a postgrafting reaction. The grafting yield and rate of acrylic acid were shown to be dependent on the formed amino group concentration: The hydrophilic character of the modified polypropylene surface enhances the acrylic acid approach. The electron-beam treatment leads also to a reactive surface that can initiate a grafting reaction. But its yield and rate are dependent on the radical concentration: radicals formed during the irradiation. © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Additional Material:
13 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/app.1994.070531003
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