Plasma treatment of polymethyl methacrylate to improve surface hydrophilicity and antifouling performance

• Published in: Polymer engineering and science Vol. 61; no. 2; pp. 506 - 513
• Main Authors: Sui, Siyuan, Li, Lin, Shen, Jie, Ni, Guohua, Xie, Hongbin, Lin, Qifu, Zhao, Yanjun, Guo, Jingwei, Duan, Wenxue
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken, USA John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.02.2021; Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adsorption; Antifouling; Atomic force microscopy; Chemical properties; Contact angle; Functional groups; High temperature plasmas; Hydrophilicity; low pressure; Mechanical properties; O2/CF4 plasma; Oxygen content; Photoelectrons; Plasma (Ionized gases); Plasma etching; Plasma physics; Polymethyl methacrylate; Polymethylmethacrylate; Protein adsorption; Staphylococcus aureus; surface modification; X-ray spectroscopy; China

Surface modification of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) by O2/CF4 plasma is investigated to improve hydrophilicity and antifouling performance of PMMA. The PMMA surface before and after treatment is characterized by atomic force microscopy, contact angle measurement, and X‐ray photoelectron spectrosc...