Abstract
Plasma polymerisation offers an ecological, potentially tuneable route to selectively and controllably change the physics
and chemistry of the outer surface of a material by deposition of pinhole free, conformal thin films. In the investigation, a
low pressure non-equilibrium plasma is useful for the preparation of films from a homologous series of alkyl acrylates from
methyl to butyl and methyl methacrylate, deposited on planar supports of organic nature (paper). The resulting plasma
polymers are characterized by FTIR spectroscopy, AFM and contact angle.
Keywords
Plasma polymerisation, Acrylic monomers, Paper sheet supports.
Citation
M. TOTOLIN, I. NEAMŢU, D. FILIP, I. STOICA, D. MACOCINSCHI, An investigation of plasma polymer thin films deposition by low-pressure non-equilibrium plasma, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 2, 5, May 2008, pp.309-314 (2008).
Submitted at: April 4, 2008
Accepted at: May 8, 2008