Improving Wettability: Deposition of TiO2 Nanoparticles on the O2 Plasma Activated Polypropylene Membrane
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
2.2. X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
2.3. Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA)
2.4. Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR)
2.5. X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
2.6. UV Treatment
2.7. Wettability
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Preparation of Samples
3.2. Membrane Characterization
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Samples | Mass Loss Temperature (±2 °C) | ||
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TO | T50 | T90 | |
PP membrane | 107 | 310 | 380 |
PPM5/TiO2 | 213 | 358 | 394 |
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Jaleh, B.; Etivand, E.S.; Mohazzab, B.F.; Nasrollahzadeh, M.; Varma, R.S. Improving Wettability: Deposition of TiO2 Nanoparticles on the O2 Plasma Activated Polypropylene Membrane. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2019, 20, 3309. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20133309
Jaleh B, Etivand ES, Mohazzab BF, Nasrollahzadeh M, Varma RS. Improving Wettability: Deposition of TiO2 Nanoparticles on the O2 Plasma Activated Polypropylene Membrane. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2019; 20(13):3309. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20133309
Chicago/Turabian StyleJaleh, Babak, Ehsan Sabzi Etivand, Bahareh Feizi Mohazzab, Mahmoud Nasrollahzadeh, and Rajender S. Varma. 2019. "Improving Wettability: Deposition of TiO2 Nanoparticles on the O2 Plasma Activated Polypropylene Membrane" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, no. 13: 3309. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20133309