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COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 283, Issue 12, Pages 1356-1360Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00396-005-1308-3
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ultraviolet excimer light; polymer surface; contact angle; surface free energy; particle deposition
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The 172 nm ultraviolet (UV) excimer light was exposed to polyethylene (PE), polypropylene, poly(ethylene terephthalate) and nylon 6 surfaces in ambient air. Changes in the contact angle and particle deposition in liquid due to UV treatment were investigated from the viewpoints of wettability and detergency. For all polymers, the wettability and the acid-base component of the surface free energy evaluated by the contact angle measurements increased remarkably by UV treatment of 1 min. From surface analyses of the polymer surfaces by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy, oxygen concentration was found to increase after UV treatment, whereas little topographical change was observed. The deposition of PE and nylon 12 particles onto the polymer surface was examined, in situ, in water, water/ethanol mixture, ethanol and n-heptane. Although the number of deposited particles. was largely dependent on the kinds of the particle, the substrate and the liquid, a significant decrease in the deposition due to UV treatment was confirmed in any system.
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