scholarly journals Dipping-Press Coating Method for Retaining Transparency and Imparting Hydrophobicity Regardless of Plastic Substrate Type

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 403
Author(s):  
Jeeyin Park ◽  
Taekyung Lim ◽  
Keun-Hyeok Yang ◽  
Sanghyun Ju ◽  
Sang-Mi Jeong
Keyword(s):  
Plastic Substrate ◽  
Coating Film ◽  
Solar Panels ◽  
Substrate Type ◽  
Aluminum Oxide Nanoparticles ◽  
Plastic Substrates ◽  
Hydrophobic Coating ◽  
Outdoor Environments ◽  
Coating Method ◽  
Dipping Process

Plastics are used in cover substrates for billboards, windows, large LED signboards, lighting devices, and solar panels because they are transparent and can be colored and shaped as desired. However, when plastic cover substrates installed in outdoor environments are constantly exposed to harsh conditions such as snow, rain, dust, and wind, their transparency deteriorates owing to watermarks and dust contamination. Herein, we investigated a simple dipping-press coating method that can impart hydrophobicity while maintaining the transparency, regardless of the plastic substrate type. A highly transparent and hydrophobic coating film was formed on a plastic substrate by a two-step process, as follows: (1) application of a polydimethylsiloxane–octadecylamine coating by a dipping process, and (2) embedding (1H,1H,2H,2H-heptadecafluorodec-1-yl) phosphonic acid–aluminum oxide nanoparticles by a thermal press process. The plastic substrates on which the highly transparent and hydrophobic coating film was formed showed 150° or higher hydrophobicity and 80% or higher visible light transparency. The coating method proposed herein can easily impart hydrophobicity and is compatible with any plastic substrate that must maintain prolonged transparency without contamination when exposed to adverse conditions.

scholarly journals Effects of Plastic Debris on the Biofilm Bacterial Communities in Lake Water

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 1465
Author(s):  
Chao Shen ◽  
Liuyan Huang ◽  
Guangwu Xie ◽  
Yulai Wang ◽  
Zongkai Ma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Bacterial Community ◽  
Bacterial Communities ◽  
Bacterial Community Structure ◽  
Diversity Index ◽  
Plastic Substrate ◽  
Simpson Index ◽  
Plastic Debris ◽  
Plastic Substrates ◽  
Wiener Diversity Index

Increasing discharge of plastic debris into aquatic ecosystems and the worsening ecological risks have received growing attention. Once released, plastic debris could serve as a new substrate for microbes in waters. The complex relationship between plastics and biofilms has aroused great interest. To confirm the hypothesis that the presence of plastic in water affects the composition of biofilm in natural state, in situ biofilm culture experiments were conducted in a lake for 40 days. The diversity of biofilm attached on natural (cobble stones (CS) and wood) and plastic substrates (Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)) were compared, and the community structure and composition were also analyzed. Results from high-throughput sequencing of 16S rRNA showed that the diversity and species richness of biofilm bacterial communities on natural substrate (observed species of 1353~1945, Simpson index of 0.977~0.989 and Shannon–Wiener diversity index of 7.42~8.60) were much higher than those on plastic substrates (observed species of 900~1146, Simpson index of 0.914~0.975 and Shannon–Wiener diversity index of 5.47~6.99). The NMDS analyses were used to confirm the taxonomic significance between different samples, and Anosim (p = 0.001, R = 0.892) and Adonis (p = 0.001, R = 808, F = 11.19) demonstrated that this classification was statistically rigorous. Different dominant bacterial communities were found on plastic and natural substrates. Alphaproteobacterial, Betaproteobacteria and Synechococcophycideae dominated on the plastic substrate, while Gammaproteobacteria, Phycisphaerae and Planctomycetia played the main role on the natural substrates. The bacterial community structure of the two substrates also showed significant difference which is consistent with previous studies using other polymer types. Our results shed light on the fact that plastic debris can serve as a new habitat for biofilm colonization, unlike natural substrates, pathogens and plastic-degrading microorganisms selectively attached to plastic substrates, which affected the bacterial community structure and composition in aquatic environment. This study provided a new insight into understanding the potential impacts of plastics serving as a new habitat for microbial communities in freshwater environments. Future research should focus on the potential impacts of plastic-attached biofilms in various aquatic environments and the whole life cycle of plastics (i.e., from plastic fragments to microplastics) and also microbial flock characteristics using microbial plastics in the natural environment should also be addressed.

An investigation into the anti-icing properties of fabrics used for the outer layer of firefighter clothing

2018 ◽  
Vol 89 (8) ◽  
pp. 1500-1511 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lun Han ◽  
Xiaoming Zhao ◽  
Jannette Eveline Kidalla
Keyword(s):  
Outer Layer ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Smooth Surface ◽  
Hydrophobic Surface ◽  
Hydrophobic Property ◽  
Water Contact ◽  
Hydrophobic Coating ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Coating Method ◽  
Fabric Surface

The anti-icing properties of fabrics can be considered as involving two parts, the super-hydrophobic property and the ease of ice removal property. In this study, a super-hydrophobic surface was built on to the outer layer of firefighter clothing using nano-silica, C13H13F17O3Si, C19H42O3Si and PU-2540 using a coating method. This coating stops water drops from staying on the fabric surface easily. At the same time, an ultra-smooth surface was built on to the super-hydrophobic surface already created on the fabric using perfluoropolyethers (PFPE) oil by a dipping method, which adds an ice removal function to the fabrics. The anti-icing properties of the samples prepared in the research described in this paper have been investigated using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ease of ice removal property tests and static water contact angle analysis. At the same time, the thermal protective performance (TPP) of the samples, before and after super-hydrophobic treatment, was studied by a TPP tester. Results show that the super-hydrophobic coating with an ultra-smooth surface can significantly increase the anti-icing properties of the fabrics used for the outer layer of firefighter clothing. C13H13F17O3Si and C19H42O3Si can improve the hydrophobic properties of the coating. The anti-icing coating in this paper can increase the TPP of the fabrics.

Flexible Magnetics: Magnetic Lithography and Fabrication of Magnetic Masks on Thin Plastic Substrates

2003 ◽  
Vol 769 ◽  
Author(s):  
Z. Z. Bandić ◽  
H. Xu ◽  
J.E.E. Baglin ◽  
T. R. Albrecht
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Material ◽  
Flexible Electronics ◽  
Flexible Substrate ◽  
Magnetic Transition ◽  
Soft Magnetic Material ◽  
Plastic Substrate ◽  
Magnetic Media ◽  
Soft Magnetic ◽  
Plastic Substrates ◽  
Pet Films

AbstractFlexible magnetic lithography is a process qualitatively analogous to contact optical lithography which transfers information from a patterned magnetic mask (analog of optical photomask) to magnetic media (analog of photoresist), and is interesting for applications in instantaneous parallel magnetic recording. The magnetic mask consists of patterned soft magnetic material (FeNiCo, FeCo) on a flexible plastic substrate, typically Polyethylene Teraphtalate (PET). When uniformly magnetized media is brought into intimate contact with the magnetic mask, an externally applied magnetic field selectively changes the magnetic orientation in the areas not covered with the soft magnetic material. Flexible substrate of the magnetic mask o.ers superior compliance to magnetic media which is likely to have imperfect flatness and surface particulate contamination.Although magnetic in physical nature, flexible magnetics draws interesting parallels to flexible electronics, especially in challenges of fabrication of sub-micron patterns on thin flexible plastic substrates. We fabricated samples of sub-micron patterned FeCo and FeNiCo magnetic masks on PET substrates by using combined lamination/release process of PET films. Rigid substrates, typically silicon or quartz were initially laminated with PET films and processed using standard fabrication procedures. After completing magnetic mask device fabrication, PET films were released from the rigid substrates.We successfully transferred patterns from magnetic masks to hard disk CrPtCo-based magnetic media. The details of the method, including physics of the magnetic lithography pattern transfer, fabrication of the magnetic mask on flexible PET substrates, lamination and release of PET films, and magnetic force microscopy (MFM) images of the magnetic transition patterns are reported.

scholarly journals Silicone Resin Coating of Micro-Sized Ferrite Particles Using Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Polymers ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (9) ◽  
pp. 2012
Author(s):  
Idzumi Okajima ◽  
Tatsuya Kanie ◽  
Takeshi Sako
Keyword(s):  
Film Thickness ◽  
Organic Solvents ◽  
Supercritical Co2 ◽  
Fine Particles ◽  
Particle Diameter ◽  
Coating Material ◽  
Silicone Resin ◽  
Coating Film ◽  
Coating Materials ◽  
Coating Method

An environmentally friendly and efficient polymer coating method for micro-sized particles was developed using supercritical CO2. Because this method used supercritical CO2 as the solvent to dissolve the coating material, we avoided environmental pollution from organic solvents, saved the energy required to evaporate/remove organic solvents, realized a uniform coating film on the fine particles, and prevented agglomeration of the coating particles. The solubilities of the five silicone resins used as coating materials were measured using the flow method, and the data were well correlated by Chrastil’s equation with an average deviation of 5.7%. Resins comprising numerous methyl-group side chains exhibited high solubilities and were suitable coating materials. A new semi-flow-type coating method using supercritical CO2 was also developed, which deposited a film with a uniform thickness of 0.2–1.3 μm on whole fine particles. Notably, in this method, the film thickness was easily controlled. A simple and rapid technique was developed for measuring the coating thickness using X-ray fluorescence analysis. The model for calculating the coating film thickness was based on the material balance of the coating material. This model satisfactorily predicted the thickness with an average error of 0.085 μm by measuring the solubility of the coating material in supercritical CO2, integrated flow volume of supercritical CO2, particle diameter, density and charged weight of the fine particle, and coating material density.

Self-aligned Amorphous Silicon Thin Film Transistors with Mobility above 1 cm2V−1s−1fabricated at 300°C on Clear Plastic Substrates

2008 ◽  
Vol 1066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kunigunde H Cherenack ◽  
Alex Z Kattamis ◽  
Bahman Hekmatshoar ◽  
James C Sturm ◽  
Sigurd Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Thin Film Transistors ◽  
Fabrication Process ◽  
Plastic Substrate ◽  
Silicon Thin Film ◽  
Free Standing ◽  
Plastic Substrates ◽  
Effective Mobility ◽  
Clear Plastic

ABSTRACTWe have developed a fabrication process for amorphous-silicon thin-film transistors (a-Si:H TFTs) on free-standing clear plastic substrates at temperatures up to 300°C. The 300°C fabrication process is made possible by using a unique clear plastic substrate that has a very low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE < 10ppm/°C) and a glass transition temperature higher than 300°C. Our TFTs have a conventional inverted-staggered gate back-channel passivated geometry, which we designed to achieve two goals: accurate overlay alignment and a high effective mobility. A requirement that becomes particularly difficult to meet in the making of TFT backplanes on plastic foil at 300°C is minimizing overlay misalignment. Even though we use a substrate that has a relatively low CTE, accurately aligning the TFTs on the free-standing, 70-micrometer thick substrate is challenging. To deal with this immediate challenge, and to continue developing processes for free-standing web substrates, we are introducing techniques for self-alignment to our TFT fabrication process. We have self-aligned the channel to the gate by exposing through the clear plastic substrate. To raise the effective mobility of our TFTs we reduced the series resistance by decreasing the thickness of the amorphous silicon layer between the source-drain contacts and the accumulation layer in the channel. The back-channel passivated structure allows us to decrease the thickness of the a-Si:H active layer down to around 20nm. These changes have enabled us to raise the effective field effect mobility on clear plastic to values above 1 cm2V−1s−1

High Performance Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon n-i-p Photo-diodes on Glass and Plastic Substrates by Low-temperature Fabrication Process

2007 ◽  
Vol 989 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung Ho Kim ◽  
Yuriy Vygranenko ◽  
Mark Bedzyk ◽  
Jeff Hsin Chang ◽  
Tsu Chiang Chuang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Temperature ◽  
Amorphous Silicon ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon ◽  
Chemical Vapor ◽  
Deposition Process ◽  
Plastic Substrate ◽  
Process Conditions ◽  
Plastic Substrates ◽  
Hydrogenated Amorphous

AbstractWe report on the fabrication and characterization of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) films and n-i-p photodiodes on glass and PEN plastic substrates using low-temperature (150°C) plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. Process conditions were optimized for the i-a-Si:H material which had a band gap of ~1.73 eV and low density of states (of the order 1015 cm-3). Diodes with 0.5 μm i-layer demonstrate quantum efficiency ~70%. The reverse dark current of the diodes on glass and PEN plastic substrate is ~10-11 and below 10-10 A/cm2, respectively. We discuss the difference in electrical characteristics of n-i-p diodes on glass and PEN in terms of bulk- and interface-state generation currents.

Thin film micro arrays with immobilized DNA for hybridization analysis

2002 ◽  
Vol 723 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Fixe ◽  
A. Faber ◽  
D. Gonçalves ◽  
D.M.F. Prazeres ◽  
R. Cabeça ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Chemical Activation ◽  
Film Surface ◽  
Dna Probes ◽  
Plastic Substrate ◽  
Plastic Substrates ◽  
Polyimide Substrate ◽  
Thin Film Surface ◽  
Target Dna ◽  
Flexible Plastic Substrate

AbstractIn this work, a procedure to immobilize DNA probes on a microarray patterned on a flexible plastic substrate is developed. The method involves the chemical activation of a thin film surface, the introduction of amine functionality via a silanization step, the coupling of an adequate crosslinker and finally the immobilization of the DNA probe. The response of different thin-film materials and plastic substrates to the immobilization procedure is discussed. The DNA probes immobilized in the patterned pixels were then allowed to hybridize with complementary target DNA labeled with a fluorescent molecule. A prototype array of thin film pixels of SiO2 functionalized by silanization deposited over a polyimide substrate is demonstrated.

Conceptual Design and Prototype Development of a Solar-Powered Ground Robot for Energy-Autonomous Operation

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Behjat ◽  
Leighton Collins ◽  
Andrew Hoffman ◽  
Sharat Chidambaran ◽  
Maulikkumar Dhameliya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Design ◽  
Incident Angle ◽  
Optimization Approach ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Solar Panels ◽  
Energy Capture ◽  
Prototype Development ◽  
Autonomous Operation ◽  
Outdoor Environments ◽  
Solar Powered

Abstract This paper presents the conceptual design and fabrication/assembly of an autonomous solar powered small unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) platform for operation in outdoor environments. The contribution lies in the ability of the proposed design to offer uninterrupted operation in terms of endurance, to facilitate educational and research applications that are otherwise challenging to perform with a typical UGV (that needs significant downtime for recharging). A high incident area for solar PV panels is required to be able to support the complete energy needs of a ∼ 46 lb UGV (i.e., fully recharge the suitably sized battery powering the UGV). This makes it challenging to develop a stable platform that can carry solar panels much larger than the surface area of the platform itself (an aspect receiving minimal attention in other similar purpose platforms). To address this challenge, a novel umbrella-like folding mechanism is conceived, designed and successfully incorporated in the baseline prototype. This mechanism allows incorporating a remarkable ∼1 sq.m of incident solar PV with a net rated capacity of 200 W, one that remains folded to facilitate mobility, and can open/unfold to different extents for energy capture when needed. At the same time, the proposed design facilitates static and dynamic stability in spite of the significant solar PV incorporation. With the reference of the baseline prototype, an optimization approach is taken to develop a conceptual design of the next generation of this solar UGV. Specifically, the incident angle of the solar panels (enabled by the umbrella mechanism) at complete-open stage and the dimensions of the mechanism links and associated supports are separately optimized to respectively maximize the energy capture and the range of the UGV (assuming operation in Buffalo, NY), subject to stability and nominal velocity (of 2km/hr) constraints. The optimum design is found to provide an estimated range of 19.8 km/day.

A novel hydrophobic coating film of water-borne fluoro-silicon polyacrylate polyurethane with properties governed by surface self-segregation

2019 ◽  
Vol 134 ◽  
pp. 134-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Zhou ◽  
Canpei Liu ◽  
Ju Gao ◽  
Yaokun Chen ◽  
Fuying Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coating Film ◽  
Hydrophobic Coating ◽  
Water Borne

Comparison of Thermal and Electrical Sintering of Aerosol Silver Nanoparticles in Process of Aerosol Jet Printing

2020 ◽  
Vol 834 ◽  
pp. 10-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pavel V. Arsenov ◽  
Alexey A. Efimov ◽  
Victor V. Ivanov
Keyword(s):  
Flexible Structures ◽  
Deposition Process ◽  
Plastic Substrate ◽  
Thermal Methods ◽  
Plastic Substrates ◽  
Aerosol Nanoparticles ◽  
Jet Printing ◽  
Thermal Sintering ◽  
Aerosol Jet Printing ◽  
Printing Parameters

This article presents a study and comparison of two sintering processes of aerosol nanoparticles in process of aerosol jet printing. Silver lines were deposited on glass and plastic substrates. Then obtained lines were sintered in two ways, specifically, thermal and electric methods. As a result of experiments, it was found that during the deposition process, the width of printed lines, with the same printing parameters, is in the range from 92.3 to 110.4 μm and the height from 1.1 to 1.4 μm. The resistivity of lines on the glass substrate, sintered in two ways, is approximately 12 μΩ·cm. While the resistivity of the lines on the plastic substrate, sintered by electric and thermal methods, is 11.1 and 17.2 μΩ·cm, respectively. Thus, electrical sintering allows one to achieve a smaller (by a factor of 1.5) electrical resistivity of lines on a plastic substrate than thermal sintering, which makes it possible to obtain conductive flexible structures with better characteristics.

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