The majority of common engineering polymers have inherently low surface energy and therefore exhibit poor adhesion characteristics. Plasma treatment offers a reliable and environmentally friendly method of both cleaning and activating the polymer surface, increasing the surface energy and wettability, resulting in greatly improved adhesion characteristics.
HDPE
Before plasma treatment |
after plasma treatment |
Contact Angle 90.82 ± 2.85O | Contact Angle 16.75 ± 0.8O |
Surface energy 38.1 ± 1.32mN/m | Surface energy 78.65 ± 0.42mN/m |