Improvement of adhesion of conductive polypyrrole coating on wool and polyester fabrics using atmospheric plasma treatment


Autoria(s): Garg, Saurabh; Hurren, Christopher; Kaynak, Akif
Data(s)

15/01/2007

Resumo

In this paper wool and polyester fabrics were pretreated with atmospheric plasma glow discharge (APGD) to improve the ability of the substrate to bond with anthraquinone-2-sulfonic acid doped conducting polypyrrole coating. A range of APGD gas mixtures and treatment times were investigated. APGD treated fabrics were tested for surface contact angle, wettability and surface energy change. Effect of the plasma treatment on the binding strength was analyzed by studying abrasion resistance, surface resistivity and reflectance. Investigations showed that treated fabrics exhibited better hydrophilicity and increased surface energy. Surface treatment by an APGD gas mixture of 95% helium/5% nitrogen yielded the best results with respect to coating uniformity, abrasion resistance and conductivity.<br /><br /><br />

Identificador

http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30007048

Idioma(s)

eng

Publicador

Elsevier Sequoia

Relação

http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30007048/kaynak-improvementofadhesion-2007.pdf

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.synthmet.2006.12.004

Direitos

2006, Elsevier B.V.

Palavras-Chave #polypyrrole #textile #plasma treatment #abrasion
Tipo

Journal Article