Photoinitiated grafting polymerization of acrylic acid onto the surface of polyethylene under pulsed laser radiation
- 1 April 2011
- journal article
- Published by Pleiades Publishing Ltd in Polymer Science Series B
- Vol. 53 (3-4) , 171-175
- https://doi.org/10.1134/s1560090411040099
Abstract
Photoinduced grafting polymerization on the surface of PE films induced by nanosecond pulsed laser radiation is studied. The grafting is performed from the liquid phase composed of acrylic acid and a photoinitiator (benzophenone) dissolved in it. Pulsed laser radiation with a wavelength of 355 nm, a pulse duration of 11 ns, and a repetition rate of 10 Hz is used. Formation of the surface-graft polymer is followed by IR-ATR spectroscopy and contact-angle measurements. It is found that the time of laser treatment sufficient for the efficient modification of the PE surface with the grafted poly(acrylic acid) is in the range from 0.5 to 1.0 s at a laser-pulse energy density of 200–500 mJ/cm2. At energy densities beyond this range, the efficiency of the reaction decreases rapidly. The results on laser grafting are compared with the results of grafting during UV irradiation with a lamp at a wavelength of 365 nm.Keywords
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