Journal
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
Volume 201, Issue 3-4, Pages 913-917Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2006.01.022
Keywords
carbon films; APG plasma; gas barrier; PET
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High gas barrier carbon films were successfully synthesized on top of polymer substrates using an atmospheric-pressure glow (APG) plasma CVD equipment by reducing the discharge area and by changing the size of the electrodes of the equipment. Homogeneous and highly stable plasma was constantly generated under an atmosphere of acetylene gas (C2H2) without using any other dilution gases such as He, Ar and N-2 that are generally used in order to stabilize the plasma. The absence of the dilution gases led to form rigid carbon-to-carbon bonds. The rigid C bonds constructed dense carbon films at the very surface of the coated films with high gas barrier properties. The oxygen transmission rates of the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film coated with this amorphous carbon (a-C:H) material was therefore dramatically improved (23 times less in transmission rate) compared with that of an uncoated PET film. The microstructures of the films were investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and the surface morphology was observed by a scanning electron microscope (SEM). (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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