Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Amination of Polymer Surfaces

作者：Klages Claus Peter^*; Hinze Alena; Willich Peter; Thomas Michael

来源：Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, 2010, 24(6): 1167-1180.

DOI：10.1163/016942409X12598231568500

• Dielectric barrier discharges
• polymer surface modification
• plasma chemistry
• plasma printing
• microplasmas
• surface analysis
• amino groups

Using dielectric barrier discharges (DBDs) in suitable gas atmospheres, appreciable densities of amino groups can be generated on polymer surfaces. After the introduction and a few remarks on analytical methods for the determination of functional groups densities, this paper presents a short summary of recent studies on the mechanism of the polymer surface amination from nitrogen and nitrogen/hydrogen mixtures, and possible relevant precursor species. Combination of chemical derivatization with quantitative FT-IR spectroscopy was employed for the determination of primary amino groups densities introduced on polyolefin surfaces in DBD afterglows in N(2) and N(2) + H(2) mixtures.
Owing to the possibility to generate atmospheric-pressure plasmas in sub-mm(3) volumes, DBD plasmas can be used to modify polymer surfaces area selectively: a new process termed 'plasma printing' can be applied for the achievement of micropatterned surface modifications, such as hydrophilization/hydrophobization or chemical functionalization. Direct-patterning polymer surface modification processes are of interest for biochemical/biomedical applications as well as for polymer electronics. Two examples are presented in more detail:
the area-selective plasma amination of carbon-filled polypropylene minidiscs to manufacture microarrays with peptide libraries utilizing parallel combinatorial chemical synthesis, and
the continuous treatment of polymer foils by means of reel-to-reel patterned plasma amination for the subsequent electroless copper metallization, leading to a fast and highly efficient process for the manufacture of structured metallizations for flexible printed circuits or RFID antennas.

• 出版日期2010