Plasma Supported Deposition of Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon (a-C:H) on Polyamide 6: Determining Interlayer Completion and Dehydrogenation Effects during Layer Growth
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sample Preparation and Coating Process
2.2. Surface Morphology
2.3. Infrared Spectroscopy
2.4. X-ray Spectroscopy
3. Results
3.1. Surface Morphology
3.2. Infrared Spectroscopy
3.3. X-ray Spectroscopy
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | Ra [nm] | Rq [nm] |
---|---|---|
Reference | 4.74 ± 0.37 | 6.21 ± 0.68 |
O2 | 5.25 ± 0.76 | 6.81 ± 1.10 |
10 nm | 6.25 ± 1.05 | 8.22 ± 1.31 |
20 nm | 6.52 ± 0.25 | 8.25 ± 0.40 |
30 nm | 5.98 ± 0.04 | 7.61 ± 0.27 |
40 nm | 6.86 ± 0.49 | 9.04 ± 0.92 |
50 nm | 6.53 ± 0.44 | 8.73 ± 0.58 |
100 nm | 6.73 ± 0.02 | 9.20 ± 0.11 |
300 nm | 5.15 ± 0.11 | 6.74 ± 0.27 |
500 nm | 4.81 ± 0.62 | 6.14 ± 0.91 |
1000 nm | 4.86 ± 0.12 | 6.28 ± 0.18 |
1500 nm | 5.09 ± 1.90 | 6.63 ± 2.12 |
2000 nm | 3.98 ± 0.29 | 5.12 ± 0.55 |
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Schlebrowski, T.; Lüber, H.; Beucher, L.; Fritz, M.; Benjillali, Y.; Bentaouit, M.; Hahn, B.; Wehner, S.; Fischer, C.B. Plasma Supported Deposition of Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon (a-C:H) on Polyamide 6: Determining Interlayer Completion and Dehydrogenation Effects during Layer Growth. Polymers 2021, 13, 1886. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13111886
Schlebrowski T, Lüber H, Beucher L, Fritz M, Benjillali Y, Bentaouit M, Hahn B, Wehner S, Fischer CB. Plasma Supported Deposition of Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon (a-C:H) on Polyamide 6: Determining Interlayer Completion and Dehydrogenation Effects during Layer Growth. Polymers. 2021; 13(11):1886. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13111886
Chicago/Turabian StyleSchlebrowski, Torben, Henriette Lüber, Lucas Beucher, Melanie Fritz, Youssef Benjillali, Mohammed Bentaouit, Barbara Hahn, Stefan Wehner, and Christian B. Fischer. 2021. "Plasma Supported Deposition of Amorphous Hydrogenated Carbon (a-C:H) on Polyamide 6: Determining Interlayer Completion and Dehydrogenation Effects during Layer Growth" Polymers 13, no. 11: 1886. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13111886