Improvement of adhesion of conductive polypyrrole coating on wool and polyester fabrics using atmospheric plasma treatment
Garg, Saurabh, Hurren, Christopher and Kaynak, Akif 2007, Improvement of adhesion of conductive polypyrrole coating on wool and polyester fabrics using atmospheric plasma treatment, Synthetic metals, vol. 157, no. 1, pp. 41-47, doi: 10.1016/j.synthmet.2006.12.004.
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.
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