Surface Modification of Polystyrene with O Atoms Produced Downstream from an Ar/O2 Microwave Plasma

Surface Modification of Polystyrene with O Atoms Produced Downstream from an Ar/O2 Microwave Plasma

Because discarded polystyrene (PS) is little affected by degrading agents, PS was treated with a remote microwave (MW) plasma discharge of an Ar/O2 mixture in the absence of radiation to increase wettability and introduce functional groups which make the waste more liable to degradation and useful f...

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Main Authors: Xinyun Li, Fei Lu, Matthew Cocca, Katerine Vega, Andrew Fleischer, Alla Bailey, Marc Toro, Shreen Sachdev, Thomas Debies, Michael Mehan, Surendra K. Gupta, Gerald A. Takacs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-02-01
Series:Technologies
Subjects:
polystyrene
microwave plasma of Ar/O2
XPS
surface modification
AFM
water contact angle
hydrophilicity
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2227-7080/6/1/21

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