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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
Volume 61, Issue -, Pages 16-22Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.06.039
Keywords
Ramie; Plasma; Treatment voltage; Surface; Interfacial adhesion
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Funding
- National High Technology Research and Development Program of China [2007AA03Z101]
- State Key Program of National Natural Science of China [51035003]
- Chinese Universities Scientific Fund [CUSF-DH-D-2013024]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [NS2013, KLTST201304]
- Shanghai Natural Science Foundation for the Youth [12ZR1440500]
- Ministry of Education of China [20120075120016]
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Plasma modification effect on fiber surfaces is closely related to the plasma treatment voltage. In this study, ramie fibers with ethanol pretreatment were treated by helium plasma under four different applied voltages of 1.5, 3, 6, and 9 kV, respectively, to study the influence of plasma voltage on treatment effect. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed rougher fiber surfaces with increasing plasma voltage. Dynamic contact angle analysis and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy revealed that the fiber surface wettability decreased and more C-C bonds were incorporated to ramie fiber surface by plasma treatment when the voltage was above 3 kV. Microbond pullout test showed that interfacial adhesion between ramie and polybutylene succinate for 1.5, 3, 6, and 9 kV group increased by 9.6, 29.6, 45.5, and 19.4%, respectively. Single fiber tensile strength test confirmed no significant strength loss for all groups after the plasma treatments. This study showed that proper selection of treatment voltage was critical for optimal improvement of bonding between cellulose fiber and thermoplastic resin using ethanol pretreatment followed by plasma treatment. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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