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Multitechnique surface spectroscopic studies of plasma-modified polymers I: H2O/Ar plasma-modified polymethylmethacrylates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Thomas J. Hook
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, New York 14214
Joseph A. Gardella Jr.
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, New York 14214
Lawrence Salvati Jr.
Affiliation:
Perkin-Elmer Physical Electronics Laboratories, 5 Progress Street, Edison, New Jersey 08820
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Abstract

Results from x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS or ESCA), low-energy ion scattering spectrometry (LEIS or ISS); and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) analyses are presented for unmodified and modified poly (methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) polymer films. Analysis of the unmodified PMMA polymers (isotactic, syndiotactic, and atactic) via ESCA, ISS, and FTIR, established the surface composition, bonding, and functionality before the modification was employed. An rf-plasma glow discharge created from an Ar/H2O gas mixture at different exposure times and power levels was used to treat the polymer surface. Subsequent ESCA, ISS, and FTIR analyses of these modified PMMA's show the effects of surface modification in terms of a model of structural differences, over a limited depth (50–100 Å). The composition and functionality changes of the resulting surfaces are discussed with respect to proposed mechanisms of the plasma reaction and differences in tacticity of the reactant. A two-step reaction mechanism involving reactive decarboxylation/reduction followed by H2O adsorption is proposed to understand the spectroscopic results.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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