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Low-temperature plasma treatment of polylactic acid and PLA/HA composite material

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Investigations of the surface physicochemical properties of polylactic acid and polylactic acid/hydroxyapatite composite in a 70/30 ratio modified by atmospheric pressure low-temperature glow discharge argon plasma with the pulse duration of 1 μs and 5 μs and repetition rate of 100 kHz are described. Plasma modification of such materials may significantly affect physicochemical properties of surface. The polymerization of l-lactide was carried out at a temperature of 155 °C for 6 h. X-ray diffraction analysis shows that the degree of crystallinity of polylactic acid and composites based on polylactic acid/hydroxyapatite composite increases after plasma treatment due to polymer chain disruption. Infrared spectroscopy indicates that the –C=O absorption band intensity increases with plasma pulse duration, in turn indicating oxidation processes occurring in the polylactic acid surface layers. The wettability characteristics of the materials are improved by the plasma treatment, resulting in decreased water, glycerol, and ethylene glycol contact angle, and enhanced free surface energy.

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This work was supported by the Tomsk State University Competitiveness Improvement Program under Grant. Special thanks are extended to the Center for Collective Use at National Research Tomsk State University, the Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies Research Centre at National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, and the Thin Films Laboratory of the Institute of Physics of the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

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    Olesya Laput, Irina Vasenina, Maria Cecilia Salvadori, Daniil Zuza & Irina Kurzina

  2. Institute of High Current Electronics, 2/3 Akademichesky Ave., Tomsk, Russia, 634055

    Irina Vasenina, Konstantin Savkin & Daniil Zuza

  3. P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, 53, Leninsky Prospect, Moscow, Russia, 119333

    Irina Vasenina

  4. Universidade de São Paulo, 1371, Rua do Matão, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil

    Maria Cecilia Salvadori

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Laput, O., Vasenina, I., Salvadori, M.C. et al. Low-temperature plasma treatment of polylactic acid and PLA/HA composite material. J Mater Sci 54, 11726–11738 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-019-03693-4

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