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Deposition of Polyacrylic Acid Films by Means of an Atmospheric Pressure Dielectric Barrier Discharge

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The present work describes the plasma polymerisation of acrylic acid at atmospheric pressure. The influence of two operating parameters (monomer concentration and discharge power) on the properties of the deposited films is investigated. Results show that at a monomer concentration of 2.5 ppm and a discharge power of 9.5 W, the monomer is only slightly fragmented leading to a high amount of carboxylic acid groups on the deposited films. In contrast, when monomer concentration is decreased or discharge power increased, the incidence of monomer fragmentation processes is higher, leading to a lower amount of carboxylic acid groups on the films. This behaviour can be explained by a higher energy amount available per monomer molecule at low monomer concentrations and high discharge powers and a higher flux of positive ions attacking the surface at high discharge powers. Taking into account these results, it can be concluded that the deposition parameters should be carefully selected in order to preserve the stability of the monomer and thus obtain coatings with high carboxylic acid densities.

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Acknowledgments

E. Vanderleyden acknowledges the support of the Institute for the Promotion of Innovation by Science and Technology in Flanders (IWT). S. Van Vlierberghe is a postdoctoral fellow of the Research Foundation—Flanders (Belgium). This research was part of the Interuniversity Attraction Poles (IAP) Phase VI—Contract P6/08 (Belgian Science Policy). The authors wish to thank N. De Roo from the Department of Solid State Science (Faculty of Sciences—Ghent University) for recording the XPS data and Dr. L. Gengembre for his help with the XPS fitting procedures.

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  1. Department of Applied Physics, Research Unit Plasma Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Ghent University, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Rino Morent, Nathalie De Geyter & Christophe Leys

  2. Department of Organic Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry and Biomaterials Research Group, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, 9000, Ghent, Belgium

    Sandra Van Vlierberghe, Els Vanderleyden, Peter Dubruel & Etienne Schacht

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Morent, R., De Geyter, N., Van Vlierberghe, S. et al. Deposition of Polyacrylic Acid Films by Means of an Atmospheric Pressure Dielectric Barrier Discharge. Plasma Chem Plasma Process 29, 103–117 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11090-009-9167-1

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