Title
Characterization of plasma polymerized HMDSN films deposited by atmospheric plasma jet
Date Issued
25 February 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
São Paulo State University
Publisher(s)
Elsevier B.V.
Abstract
Deposition of plasma polymers using atmospheric pressure plasma jet in mixture of argon, air and hexamethyldisilazane (HMDSN) was studied. The HMDSN monomer, used as film precursor, was carried to the jet nozzle by an auxiliary airflow and mixed with principal argon flow. The films were deposited for different times using mean discharge power of 2.8 W, main argon flow of 1 SLM while the carrier flow (air + HMDSN) was 0.1 SLM. The water contact angles measured across the obtained HMDSN plasma polymer film showed two well-defined areas, one hydrophilic, with contact angle near zero degrees and one hydrophobic, with contact angle around 100 degrees. The FTIR spectra showed that part of the original structure of HMDSN monomer was preserved and new chemical bonds were observed. XPS analysis showed that the deposited coatings are inorganic SiO2-like coatings. The films thickness was evaluated and it reached values about 2 μm in the center and decreased to the border (in continuous deposition mode more rapidly than in the pulsed one). Roughness values were obtained and it is shown that they varied for each region of the film.
Start page
117
End page
122
Volume
312
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de la materia condensada
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85008185809
Source
Surface and Coatings Technology
ISSN of the container
02578972
Sponsor(s)
The authors would like to thank CAPES and CNPq for the financial support and Dr. Olena Solomenko for her help with emission spectroscopy measurements.
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