PLASMA POLYMERIZATION OF ACETYLENE/CO_2/H_2

A study has been made on the plasma polymerization of acetylene/CO_2/H_2 in a capacitively coupled RF plasma. The monomer mixture yielded a crosslinked film with light brown color. A kinetic study is reported for the plasma polymer ization of acetylene/CO_2/H_2. The effects of discharge power level and reactor geometry on the rate of polymer formation are reported. The structure of the plasma polymer is investigated by IR study.

PLASMA POLYMERIZATION OF HYDROPHILIC AND HYDROPHOBIC MONOMERS FOR SURFACE MODIFICATION OF NUCLE-MICROPOROUS MEMBRANE

Surface modification of nucle-microporous membrane by plasma polymerization of HEMA, NVP and D_4 has been studied. The hydrophilicity of membranes was increased with increasing of plasma polymerization time of hydrophilic monomers HEMA and NVP. The flow rate of water through the membrane was increased remarkably after plasma polymerization of HEMA on it.

PLASMA POLYMERIZED ORGANOSILANES AS A PROTECTIVE COATING ON METAL

Polymer-metal oxane bonds (M-O-Si) can be created in the form of tight networks by silane plasma polymerization directly on the metal (e.g. copper) substrates. In this paper the structure and properties of the plasma-deposited organosilane polymers, the corrosion performance of such coating system on copper substrates were investigated.

DSC STUDY ON THE WATER-ABSORBING MECHANISM OF PLASMA POLYMERIZED N-VINYL-2-PYROROLIDONE

Water existing in water-absorbing plasma polymerized N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone(PPNVP) include pure bulk water, freezable water and non-freezing, or bound, water. The C-N bond of N, N-disubstituted amides in PPNVP was considered as an active binding site for bound water.

IMPROVEMENT OF DISPERSION ABILITY OF NANOMETER PARTICLES BY MEANS OF PLASMA POLYMERIZATION

In order to find a new way to improve the dispersion ability of nanometer material, an investigation on preparation of thin film with low surface energy on the surface of nanometer material by means of plasma polymerization has been done. Some physical behaviors and chemical constitution of prepared film as well as the influence of polymerized film on nanometer material were tested. All the experimental results showed that this is a possible way to improve the dispersion ability of nanometer materials.

PLASMA POLYMERIZATION OF HEXAMETHYLCYCLOTRISILOXANE

In a capacitively coupled RF discharge system with external electrodes ,hexamethyicyclotrisiloxane was polymerized, and the effects of discharge power and plasma gas on polymer deposition rate were studied. The polymer structures and properties were studied by IR spectroscopy, XPS measurement, PGC/MS combined technique, TG analysis and contact angle measuring. The results showed that the polymers prepared in H_2 or O_2 have higher C/Si ratio in comparison with those prepared in inert gases. PGC/MS results revealed the existence of many short carbon chains in the polymer structure .TG analysis suggested that the polymers prepared in the inert gas would possess better thermal stabilities.

Synthesis of PPy-like Nanocrystallines by Oriented Plasma Polymerization at Atmospheric Pressure

Polymeric polypyrrole-like （PPy-llke） nanocrystallines were fast synthesized through oriented plasma polymerization at atmospheric pressure and room temperature. The effects of discharge power on the nanocrystalline morphology were investigated. Larger power tends to produce longer nanocrystallines. 3 mm long nanowires were produced at the largest power in our experiment. TEM image and the sharp electronic diffraction spots in SAD suggest that the nanoparticles have a single crystal phase. The chemical structure of the nanocrystalline has been studied through FTIR, EDX etc. This novel polymerization method could have great applications in fabricating functional polymeric nanocrystallines.

Effect of Oxygen on Surface Properties and Drug Release Behavior of Plasma Polymer of n-Butyl Methacrylate

The effects of oxygen on the chemical structure, morphology, hydrophilicity and drug release behavior of radio-frequency plasma poly n- butyl methacrylate （PPBMA） thin film were carded out for the first time. ATR-FTIR and XPS showed that oxygen had little influence on the chemical structure and composition of PPBMAs, which did not agree with the thought that the presence of oxygen gas would increase the oxidized carbon functionalities in the plasma polymer. SEM and static contact angle measurement indicated that in case of deposition with oxygen, the smoothness and hydrophilicity of PPBMA were dramatically improved. The drug release behavior showed that drug release from the PPBMA coating without oxygen was biphasic patterns, while from PPBMA coating with oxygen was Higuchi release. These results were helpful for the design and tailoring of the PPBMA polymer film and other of plasma polymers film, but could provide a new idea for the drug release controlled form.

A study of Corrosion Protection of Aluminum Metal by Tetraethoxysilane Plasma Polymerized Coatings -Influence of Aluminum Surface Pretreatments-

The corrosion-protective performance of plasma-polymerized (PP) coatings on pretreated aluminum substrates has been investigated by cathodic polarization curve measurement. The surface composition and electronic properties of the pretreated and PP film coated metal surfaces were also characterized by XPS and the temperature-programmed photoelectron emission (TPPE). A PP coating was prepared on the pretreated surfaces by plasma polymerization of a mixture of tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) monomer vapor and oxygen using a 13.56MHz radiofrequency generator. The polarization curve of PP film coated samples was measured in NaCl aqueous solution. The weight loss rate calculated from the value of the corrosion current of the curve was used to estimate the protective performance of the PP film coated samples. Argon plasma treatment of the metal surface gave much better corrosion-protective performance than pretreatments such as oxidation by heating in air and diamond scratching. The XPS analysis indicated that the silicon oxide assigned to SiO2 was formed on the PP film coated surface. The TPPE analysis revealed that the electron emission characteristics for the metal surfaces pretreated only were strongly influenced by the pretreatments, while all the PP film coated samples exhibited nearly the same electron emission trend with a much decreased intensity.

STUDIES ON THE PERMEABILITY OF P VC/EBBA OVERLAPPED ULTRATHIN COMPOSITE MEMBRANES MODIFIED BY PLASMA-POLYMERIZATION WITH FLUOROCARBON MONOMERS

The PVC/EBBA ultrathin composite membranes with thickness of about 100 nm were prepared by spreading the solution on water surface. The overlapped composite membrane showed a characteristic aggregation structure in which the polymer matrix exists as a three-dimensional spongy network and the liquid crystal domains werc observed. Tne surface modification for the overlapped membranes was carried out by means of plasma-polymerization with the monomers of fluorocarbon compounds. Both Arrhenius plots of permeability coefficients for oxygen ((?)_O_2) in the membrane samples before and after modification showed significant increase in the vicinity of the T_(KN) of EBBA.

Effect of synthesis variables of plasma synthesized polymers on growth of HepG2 cells

Low pressure plasma polymer films were synthesized using pyrrole and allylamine monomers and adding iodine was used(or not)for the reaction in both cases.They were polymerized on glass substrates under the same reaction conditions.Polymerization of allylamine was also studied at different operating powers.These thin polymer films were used as culture surfaces for HepG2 cells,a cell line derived from a human hepatoma.The proliferation,differentiation and two-dimensional propagation until obtaining monolayer of the cells was studied on the different synthetized films and correlations were established between the conditions of synthesis,the physicochemical characteristics obtained and the performance as substrates for the cellular growth.

A Novel Continuously Initiated Polymerization by One-Atmosphere Low Temperature Plasma Device

A novel atmospheric plasma device developed in this paper, which is more effective and convenient to study the plasma-initiated polymerization (PIP) than conventional setup. The structure and mechanism of the device is introduced. Some plasma-initiated polymerization experiments are carried out on the device, and the conversion of AA (Acrylic acid) and AM (Acryl amide) atmospheric (N2) plasma polymerization are respectively 89% and 94% after 120 h post polymerization, whereby IR spectra of the product (AA, AM). Our PIP result are confirmed.

Numerical Analysis of Plasma Initiated Polymerization

Plasma initiated polymerization is a kind of well-known radical polymerization mechanism, but it has the ＇living＇ polymerization feature and produces ultra-high molecular weight polymer. In order to explain such phenomena, we calculate the basic data of plasma initiated polymerization of methylmethacrylate （MMA） according to the principle of polymer physics and chemistry. It results in that the radical concentration ranges from 10^-12mol/L to 10^-16mol/L corresponding to the radical life in 10^4s to 10^8s, which means the radicals have a long lifetime. Moreover because of the long lifetime radicals it causes a unique feature rather than the common radical polymerization, and also shows no ＂living polymerization＂. It is noticed in experiments that there are two key factors playing important roles. One is the effective radical amount produced during the plasma discharging while the another is the diffusion factor.

Optical Spectroscopic Investigation of TiO2-Like Polymerization Processes by Inductively Coupled Plasma

TiO2-like polymer films were synthesized by inductively coupled plasma in pulsed radio-frequency (RF) modes. The plasma chemistry, studied by optical emission spectroscopy, showed that the ra- dicals and fragments formed in the discharge were dependent on the precursor, and that the species density in the plasma gas is as a function of flux de gas that is used to carry the monomer into the plasma reactors.

Hepatocyte culture in a radial-flow bioreactor with plasma polypyrrole coated scaffolds

We have designed and evaluated a radial-flow bioreactor for three-dimensional liver carcinoma cell culture on a new porous coated scaffold.We designed a culture chamber where a radial flow of culture medi-um was continuously delivered through it.Once this system was established,flow was simulated using flow dy-namics software based on numeric methods to solve Navier-Stockes flow equations.Perfusion within cell culture scaffolds was simulated using a flow velocity of 7 mL/min and found that cell culture medium was distributed unhindered in the bioreactor chamber.Afterwards,the bioreactor was built according to the simulated design and was tested with liver carcinoma cells(HepG2)cultured over an L-polylactic acid scaffold whose surface was modified with iodine-doped polypyrrole.The bioreactor was tested under non-flow and in radial flow condi-tions.Cell density under radial flow conditions was almost double than that under static conditions and both total protein and albumin output was also increased under radial flow conditions.

Plasma graft of poly(ethylene glycol) methyl ether methacrylate (PEGMA) on RGP lens surface for reducing protein adsorption

Poly（ethylene glycol） methyl ether methacrylate（PEGMA） was grafted on fluorosilicone acrylate rigid gas permissible contact lens surface by means of argon plasma induced polymerization to improve surface hydrophilicity and reduce protein adsorption.The surface properties were characterized by contact angle measurement,x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy（XPS） and atomic force microscopy respectively.The surface protein adsorption was evaluated by lysozyme solution immersion and XPS analysis.The results indicated that a thin layer of PEGMA was successfully grafted.The surface hydrophilicity was bettered and surface free energy increased.The lysozyme adsorption on the lens surface was reduced greatly.

Surface Modification of Nanometre Silicon Carbide Powder with Polystyrene by Inductively Coupled Plasma

An investigation was made into polystyrene （PS） grafted onto nanometre silicon carbide （SIC） particles. In our experiment, the grafting polymerization reaction was induced by a radio frequency （RF） inductively coupled plasma （ICP） treatment of the nanometre powder. FTIR （Fourier transform infrared spectrum） and XPS （X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy） results reveal that PS is grafted onto the surface of silicon carbide powder. An analysis is presented on the effectiveness of this approach as a function of plasma operating variables including the plasma treating power, treating time, and grafting reaction temperature and time.

Super-hydrophobic film deposition by an atmospheric-pressure plasma process and its anti-icing characteristics

In this work,the super-hydrophobic(SH)surface was prepared through chemical vapor deposition process by an argon atmospheric pressure plasma jet source with HMDSN(hexamethyldisilazane)as the polymerization precursor.Plasma synthesized organosilicon(SiOxCyHz)thin films with water contact angle over 160°and sliding angle below 5°,were able to be achieved.FTIR and XPS analysis indicates a large number of hydrocarbon compositions were polymerized in the thin films enduing the latter very-low surface free energy.SEM shows the SH films display micro-nanostructure and with high degree of averaged surface roughness 190 nm evaluated by AFM analysis.From experiments under controlled low-temperature and moisture conditions,the prepared SH surface exhibits good anti-icing effects.Significantly prolonging freezing time was achievable on the SH thin films for both static and sliding water droplets.This investigation demonstrates the anti-icing potentials of SH surface prepared through low-cost simple atmospheric-pressure plasma polymerization process.

Fabricating a reactive surface on the fibroin film by a room-temperature plasma jet array for biomolecule immobilization

A simple dielectric barrier discharge（DBD） jet array was designed with a liquid electrode and helium gas.The characteristics of the jet array discharge and the preliminary polymerization with acrylic acid（AA） monomer were presented.The plasma reactor can produce a cold jet array with a gas temperature lower than 315 K,using an applied discharge power between 6 W and 30 W（V dis × I dis）.A silk fibroin film（SFF） was modified using the jet array and AA monomer,and the treated SFF samples were characterized by atomic force microscopy（AFM）,scanning electron microscopy（SEM）,Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy（FTIR）,and contact angle（CA）.The deposition rate of the poly acrylic acid（PAA） was able to reach 300 nm/min,and the surface roughness and energy increased with the AA flow rate.The FTIR results indicate that the modified SFF had more carboxyl groups（-COOH） than the original SFF.This latter characteristic allowed the modified SFF to immobilize more quantities of antimicrobial peptide（AP,LL-37） which inhibited the Escherichia coli（E.Coli） effectively.

Deposition of SiO_x on Metal Surface with a DBD Plasma Gun at Atmospheric Pressure for Corrosion Prevention

In this study, SiOx films were deposited by a dielectric barrier discharge （DBD） plasma gun at an atmospheric pressure. The relationship of the film structures with plasma powers was investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FTIR）, and scanning electron microscope （SEM）. It was shown that an uniform and cross-linking structure film was formed by the DBD gun. As an application, the SiOx films were deposited on a carbon steel surface for the anti-corrosion purpose. The experiment was carried out in a 0.1 M NaCl solution. It was found that a very good anti-corrosive property was obtained, i.e., the corrosion rate was decreased c.a. 15 times in 5% NaCl solution compared to the non-SiOx coated steel, as detected by the potentiodynamic polarization measurement.