Surface Properties

Surface modification of poly(vinyl chloride) using high intensity ultrasound

“…In particular, the way that a polymer interacts with its surroundings is largely determined by the nature of its surface so that surface modi®cation is a particular target. 1,2 In this way, the good mechanical properties of commodity materials can be combined with enhanced functionality such as adhesion, printing, barrier properties or, in more recent work, biocompatibility.…”

Polymer interfaces on a molecular scale: Comparison of techniques and some examples

“…an unknown surface contamination is investigated. Several reviews on the application of XPS to polymer surface analysis are available [3,6,[22][23][24][25].…”

“…Static secondary ion mass spectroscopy (SSIMS) has also recently been applied to polymer materials [3,6,22,29,30] and reveals information on the mass spectrum of polymer fragments from the uppermost surface region (typically 1 nm). It is an interesting supplementary technique to XPS since it overcomes some of the problems of XPS where for instance, because of small chemical shifts or peak overlap, a detailed chemical surface analysis sometimes may not be possible.…”

“…2.3. There are several reviews available on the application of SSIMS to polymer surface analysis [3,6,22,23,29,30] and with the improvement of experimental facilities this technique is gaining ground against XPS for polymer surface analysis.…”

“…Only most recent references will be given where most of the previous work will be found. There are several books, proceedings and review articles available on earlier work and on specific aspects of polymers at interfaces [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13].…”