In order to control the function at the surface of polypropylene (PP), nitration of the surface was carried out by the combined use of amino compounds and oxygen plasma treatment. The surface of the reformed PP was studied by using ESCA, EPMA and SEM.
In the case of the nitration with diamino compound, 1,2-diaminoethane (DAE), and plasma treatment, the quantity of nitrogen at the PP surface was about twice of that treated with monoamino compound, such as n-butylamine, aniline, or m-toluidine.
The effiency of the nitrogen at the PP surface was dependent on the order of the operation of the plasma treatment and the absorption of amino compounds, and a period after plasma treatment.
In the case of the combined use of tetraammonium chloride (TMAC) and plasma treatment, ammonium ion reacted with PP, but chloride ion dispersed.
The surface of PP on which DAE was absorbed was scooped out in mamy circle by plasma treatment, while many small cavities were formed on the TMAC-absorbed PP surface by plasma.
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