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.
Cyclic Olefin Copolymer (COC)
Before Plasma treatment |
After Plasma treatment |
Contact Angle 85.45 ± 0.42° |
Contact Angle 28.29 ± 1.04° |
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Surface energy 40.75 ± 1.8mN/m | Surface energy 70.37 ± 1.72mN/m |