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Introduction of Primary Amino Groups on Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Surfaces by Ammonia and a Mix of Nitrogen and Hydrogen Plasma

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With the aim of introducing primary amino groups on the surface of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), two methods were compared—the use of ammonia or a combination of nitrogen and hydrogen low-pressure microwave plasma. Several plasma parameters were optimized on the reactor to increase the –NH2 surface density, which was estimated by colorimetric titration and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). These techniques show that whatever the plasma treatment, almost 2 –NH2/nm² are incorporated on PET films. Emission spectroscopy highlighted a correlation between the density of primary amino groups and the ratio between an NH peak intensity and an Ar peak intensity (INH/IAr). Variation in surface hydrophilicity with aging in air after plasma treatment was monitored with contact angle measurements and showed a hydrophobic recovery. This was confirmed by XPS, which suggests also that surfaces treated by NH3 plasma are more stable than surfaces treated by N2/H2.

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  1. Laboratoire de Chimie Organique Multifonctionnelle, Equipe de Glycochimie Moléculaire et Macromoléculaire, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay, UMR 8182, Bâtiment 420, Université Paris-Sud 11, 91405, Orsay, France

    Jessie Casimiro, Bénédicte Lepoittevin & Philippe Roger

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    Jessie Casimiro, Bénédicte Lepoittevin, Caroline Boisse-Laporte, Marie-Geneviève Barthés-Labrousse, François Brisset & Philippe Roger

  3. Laboratoire de physique des gaz et des plasmas, UMR 8578, Bâtiment 210, Université Paris-Sud 11, 91405, Orsay, France

    Caroline Boisse-Laporte

  4. Laboratoire d’Etude des Matériaux Hors Equilibre, Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et Matériaux d’Orsay, UMR 8182, Bâtiment 410, Université Paris-Sud 11, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France

    Marie-Geneviève Barthés-Labrousse

  5. CEA, IRAMIS, Laboratoire d’Electronique Moléculaire, SPEC, 91191, Gif sur Yvette, France

    Pascale Jegou

  6. Institut de Chimie Moléculaire et des Matériaux d’Orsay, UMR 8182, Bâtiment 410, Université Paris-Sud 11, 91405, Orsay, France

    François Brisset

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Casimiro, J., Lepoittevin, B., Boisse-Laporte, C. et al. Introduction of Primary Amino Groups on Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Surfaces by Ammonia and a Mix of Nitrogen and Hydrogen Plasma. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 32, 305–323 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-011-9345-9

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