Changes with aging in the surface hydrophobicity of coated paper

TAPPI Journal ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 40-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
CECILIA LIDENMARK ◽  
SVEN FORSBERG ◽  
MAGNUS NORGREN ◽  
HÅKAN EDLUND ◽  
OLA KARLSSON
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Surface Properties ◽  
Accelerated Aging ◽  
Surface Hydrophobicity ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Base Stock ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Latex Particles ◽  
Coated Papers ◽  
Dependent Behavior

Time-dependent changes in the surface properties of coated papers were studied as the evolution of surface hydrophobicity of laboratory and commercially coated papers. We measured the apparent contact angles on the papers during several weeks post-production. Hydrophobicity upon aging increased for all samples made from traditional coating colors on mechanical base stock and on base stock made from cotton linters. Accelerated aging by heat treatment intensified the increase of the apparent contact angles and accelerated the time-dependent behavior. A key mechanism in these changes may be the spreading of latex particles in a coating.

scholarly journals Modification of Surface Hydrophobicity of PLA/PE and ABS/PE Polymer Blends by ICP Etching and CFx Coating

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (23) ◽  
pp. 5578
Author(s):  
Vedrana Lovinčić Milovanović ◽  
Cédric Guyon ◽  
Ivana Grčić ◽  
Michael Tatoulian ◽  
Domagoj Vrsaljko
Keyword(s):  
Contact Angle ◽  
3D Printing ◽  
Surface Morphology ◽  
Polymer Blends ◽  
Surface Properties ◽  
Surface Hydrophobicity ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Etching Time ◽  
Fused Filament Fabrication ◽  
Icp Etching

The flow regime inside the channel of 3D printed microreactors is defined by the surface properties of the channel walls. Polylactide (PLA) and acrylonitrile/butadiene/styrene (ABS) are two polymers that are the most common in additive manufacturing using fused filament fabrication, commonly known as “3D printing”. With the aim of developing new materials for the 3D printing of microreactors whose channel surface hydrophobicity could be modified, PLA and ABS were blended with cheaper and widely used polymers-high-density polyethylene (PE-HD) and low-density polyethylene (PE-LD). Polymer blend surfaces were treated with inductively coupled plasma (ICP) and coated by fluorocarbon-based material (CFx) plasma deposition treatment in order to modify surface hydrophobicity. It has been shown that the modification of surface morphology of PLA polymer blends can be achieved by ICP etching and CFx coating, while this was not possible for ABS polymer blends under the conducted treatment conditions. The treated surface of PLA/PE-HD 90/10 showed a contact angle of 121.6° which is 36° higher than the contact angle measured on the untreated surface. Surfaces that have achieved contact angles higher than 120° have an “island like” surface morphology. Samples with higher “islands” showed higher contact angles, that confirmed that the hydrophobicity also depends on the height of the “islands”. Furthermore, it has been found that etching time significantly impacts the contact angle values and surface morphology of the PLA polymer blends, while the CFx coating time does not have significant impact on the surface properties.

Laser-Induced Nanocarbon Formation for Tuning Surface Properties of Commercial Polymers

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Moataz Abdulhafez ◽  
Angela J. McComb ◽  
Mostafa Bedewy
Keyword(s):  
Contact Angle ◽  
Surface Properties ◽  
Surface Characterization ◽  
Surface Engineering ◽  
Surface Hydrophobicity ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Structure Property ◽  
Water Contact ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Commercial Polymers

Abstract The growth of laser-induced nanocarbons, referred to here are LINC for short, directly on polymeric surfaces is a promising route toward surface engineering of commercial polymers. This paper aims to demonstrate how this new approach can enable achieving varied surface properties based on tuning the nanostructured morphology of the formed graphitic material on commercial polyimide (Kapton) films. We elucidate the effects of tuning laser processing parameters on the achieved nanoscale morphology and the resulting surface hydrophobicity or hydrophilicity. Our results show that by varying lasing power, rastering speed, laser spot size, and line-to-line gap sizes, a wide range of water contact angles are possible, i.e. from below 20° to above 110°. Combining water contact angle measurements from an optical tensiometer with LINC surface characterization using optical microscopy, electron microscopy, and Raman spectroscopy enables building the process-structure-property relationship. Our findings reveal that both the value of contact angle and the anisotropic wetting behavior of LINC on polyimide are dependent on their hierarchical surface nanostructure which ranges for isotropic nanoporous morphology to fibrous morphology. Results also show that increasing gap sizes lead to an increase in contact angles and thus an increase in the hydrophobicity of the surface. Hence, our work highlight the potential of this approach for manufacturing flexible devices with tailored surfaces.

Comparative Research on Aging Properties of HTV Silicone Rubber via Outdoor Electric Aging and Ultraviolet Accelerated Aging

2013 ◽  
Vol 641-642 ◽  
pp. 333-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Xiong Qin ◽  
Jia Fu ◽  
Lan Yu ◽  
Zi Rong Yang ◽  
Wen Yi Guo
Keyword(s):  
Ultraviolet Radiation ◽  
High Altitude ◽  
Silicone Rubber ◽  
Accelerated Aging ◽  
Fire Retardant ◽  
Sample Surface ◽  
Surface Hydrophobicity ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Composite Insulator ◽  
Aging Properties

In order to further study the aging properties of high temperature vulcanization (HTV) silicone rubber for composite insulator in the high-altitude region, tests of outdoor electric aging and ultraviolet accelerated aging have been carried out in the paper. The contact angles test, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) were used to study the microscopic physical properties of samples after the aging tests. SEM observed that the surface flatness of samples declined, holes and particles increased on the sample surface, a large number of fillers exposed. The results of FTIR showed that Si-C bonds in the side chain in Si-O backbones were broken by ultraviolet radiation and methyl groups were oxidized, a small amount of fire retardant (Al2O3•3H2O) were decomposed, hydrophilic groups increased, all which have happened on the HTV silicone rubber after both the aging tests under the same ultraviolet radiation. The differences between the aging properties of two kinds of tests are that the aging extent of samples after outdoor electric aging was severer than that in ultraviolet accelerated aging, and the surface hydrophobicity of it after outdoor electric aging increased compared to ultraviolet accelerated aging. The aging of HTV silicone rubber for composite insulator is mainly caused by strong ultraviolet radiation in high-altitude region.

scholarly journals The Effect of Hydroxyl on the Superhydrophobicity of Dodecyl Methacrylate (LMA) Coated Fabrics through Simple Dipping-Plasma Crosslinked Method

Coatings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1263
Author(s):  
Liyun Xu ◽  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Ying Guo ◽  
Ruiyun Zhang ◽  
Jianjun Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thermoplastic Polyurethane ◽  
Hydrophobic Effect ◽  
Surface Hydrophobicity ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Binding Property ◽  
Interesting Phenomenon ◽  
Water Contact ◽  
Capacitively Coupled ◽  
Pet Fabric ◽  
Dodecyl Methacrylate

In order to obtain stable superhydrophobicity, suitable hydrophobic treatment agents should be selected according to different material properties. In this paper, cotton and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) fabrics were respectively coated with dodecyl methacrylate (LMA) via argon combined capacitively coupled plasma (CCP), and the surface hydrophobicity and durability of the treated cotton and polyester fabrics are also discussed. An interesting phenomenon happened, whereby the LMA-coated cotton fabric (Cotton-g-LMA) had better water repelling and mechanical durability properties than LMA-coated PET fabric (PET-g-LMA), and LMA-coated hydroxyl-grafted PET fabrics (PET fabrics were successively coated with polyethylene glycol (PEG) and LMA, PET-g-PEG & LMA) had a similar performance to cotton fabrics. The water contact angles of Cotton-g-LMA, PET-g-LMA and PET-g-PEG & LMA were 156°, 153° and 155°, respectively, and after 45 washing cycles or 1000 rubbing cycles, the corresponding water contact angles decreased to 145°, 88°, 134° and 146°, 127° and 143°, respectively. Additionally, thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and polyamides-6 (PA6) fabrics all exhibited the same properties as the PET fabric. Therefore, the grafting of hydroxyl can improve the hydrophobic effect of LMA coating and the binding property between LMA and fabrics effectively, without changing the wearing comfort.

scholarly journals Study on contact angles and surface energy of MXene films

RSC Advances ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 5512-5520
Author(s):  
Hang Zhou ◽  
Fuqiang Wang ◽  
Yuwei Wang ◽  
Changping Li ◽  
Changrui Shi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Energy ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Wetting Behaviors

This work sheds light on the process- and time-dependent wetting behaviors and surface energy of MXene films.

scholarly journals Effects of ionizing radiation on surface properties of current restorative dental materials

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Débora Michelle Gonçalves de Amorim ◽  
Aretha Heitor Veríssimo ◽  
Anne Kaline Claudino Ribeiro ◽  
Rodrigo Othávio de Assunção e Souza ◽  
Isauremi Vieira de Assunção ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ionizing Radiation ◽  
Surface Properties ◽  
Resin Composite ◽  
Dental Materials ◽  
Glass Ionomer Cement ◽  
Contact Angles ◽  
Glass Ionomer ◽  
Post Radiation ◽  
Restorative Dental Materials ◽  
Ionomer Cement

AbstractTo investigate the impact of radiotherapy on surface properties of restorative dental materials. A conventional resin composite—CRC (Aura Enamel), a bulk-fill resin composite—BFRC (Aura Bulk-fill), a conventional glass ionomer cement—CGIC (Riva self cure), and a resin-modified glass ionomer cement—RMGIC (Riva light cure) were tested. Forty disc-shaped samples from each material (8 mm diameter × 2 mm thickness) (n = 10) were produced according to manufacturer directions and then stored in water distilled for 24 h. Surface wettability (water contact angle), Vickers microhardness, and micromorphology through scanning electron microscopy (SEM) before and after exposition to ionizing radiation (60 Gy) were obtained. The data were statistically evaluated using the two-way ANOVA and Tukey posthoc test (p < 0.05). Baseline and post-radiation values of contact angles were statistically similar for CRC, BFRC, and RMGIC, whilst post-radiation values of contact angles were statistically lower than baseline ones for CGIC. Exposition to ionizing radiation statistically increased the microhardness of CRC, and statistically decreased the microhardness of CGIC. The surface micromorphology of all materials was changed post-radiation. Exposure to ionizing radiation negatively affected the conventional glass ionomer tested, while did not alter or improved surface properties testing of the resin composites and the resin-modified glass ionomer cement tested.

scholarly journals Effect of Optical and Morphological Control of Single-Structured LEC Device

Micromachines ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 843
Author(s):  
Woo Jin Jeong ◽  
Jong Ik Lee ◽  
Hee Jung Kwak ◽  
Jae Min Jeon ◽  
Dong Yeol Shin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heat Treatment ◽  
Surface Roughness ◽  
Surface Properties ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
High Surface ◽  
Reduction Rate ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
Emission Layer ◽  
Light Emitting ◽  
Stable Operating

We investigated the performance of single-structured light-emitting electrochemical cell (LEC) devices with Ru(bpy)3(PF6)2 polymer composite as an emission layer by controlling thickness and heat treatment. When the thickness was smaller than 120–150 nm, the device performance decreased because of the low optical properties and non-dense surface properties. On the other hand, when the thickness was over than 150 nm, the device had too high surface roughness, resulting in high-efficiency roll-off and poor device stability. With 150 nm thickness, the absorbance increased, and the surface roughness was low and dense, resulting in increased device characteristics and better stability. The heat treatment effect further improved the surface properties, thus improving the device characteristics. In particular, the external quantum efficiency (EQE) reduction rate was shallow at 100 °C, which indicates that the LEC device has stable operating characteristics. The LEC device exhibited a maximum luminance of 3532 cd/m2 and an EQE of 1.14% under 150 nm thickness and 100 °C heat treatment.

Time-dependent behavior of nitric oxide excited states under the effect of electron impact

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 024503
Author(s):  
Mohammed amin Ferdi ◽  
Abdelaaziz Bouziane ◽  
Mourad Djebli
Keyword(s):  
Nitric Oxide ◽  
Electron Impact ◽  
Excited States ◽  
Time Dependent ◽  
Dependent Behavior

Time-dependent effects on physicochemical and surface properties of PHBV fibers and films in relation to their interactions with fibroblasts

2021 ◽  
Vol 545 ◽  
pp. 148983
Author(s):  
Łukasz Kaniuk ◽  
Sara Ferraris ◽  
Silvia Spriano ◽  
Thomas Luxbacher ◽  
Zuzanna Krysiak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Properties ◽  
Time Dependent
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