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The water-dependent decay mechanism of biaxially-oriented corona-treated polyethylene terephthalate films

  • Liping Ding
  • , Lipeng Wang
  • , Lu Shao
  • , Jianyun Cao
  • , Yongping Bai*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

In moist environments biaxially-oriented corona-treated polyethylene terephthalate (BOPET) film undergoes a decay in surface energy with time. This decay is a significant and well-known problem and it considerably restricts the industrial application of BOPET film. In the present study the decay effect and the dynamics of corona-treated BOPET film in an aqueous environment have been studied using water contact angle and variable angle X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements. In addition the surface decay mechanism of the corona-treated BOPET film in aqueous environments was analyzed and a molecular moving model for the decay mechanism is proposed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)54805-54809
Number of pages5
JournalRSC Advances
Volume4
Issue number97
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Externally publishedYes

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