TY - JOUR A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Gross, Thomas A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Wöll, Ch. A1 - Nick, L. T1 - The Use of Octadecyltrichlorosilane Self-Assembled Layers as a Model for the Assessment of Plasma Treatment and Metallization Effects on Polyolefins N2 - Self-assembled octadecyltrichlorosilane (CH3(CH2)17SiCl3, OTS) films were deposited on an oxidized silicon wafer. They were carefully exposed to a low-pressure oxygen direct current (dc) plasma and/or Cr vapor. Subsequently, they were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy, and atomic force microscopy. Detailed information on the oxygen functionalization and the molecular conformation of the OTS films was obtained. The main result was that functionalization conditions can be found where the order of the film remains almost unaffected. Similarly, Cr evaporation of pure OTS films revealed only slight effects on the order in the film. Cr evaporation of an ordered but functionalized OTS film immediately changes its state toward a fully isotropic one. In the course of interaction, oxygen sites at the surface of the functionalized OTS film are reduced whereas Cr becomes oxidized. A redox reaction scheme is proposed for this interfacial reaction. Finally, it is concluded that the given study should be of importance for advanced plasma processing of polyolefins. KW - NEXAFS KW - OTS Self-Assembled Layers PY - 1999 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1021/la981174l SN - 0743-7463 SN - 1520-5827 VL - 15 IS - 4 SP - 1161 EP - 1166 PB - American Chemical Society CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-808 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Brzezinka, Klaus-Werner A1 - Gross, Thomas A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Ramm, M. A1 - Ata, M. T1 - Studies of amorphous carbon using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, near-edge X-ray-absorption fine structure and Raman spectroscopy KW - Amorphous materials KW - Carbon KW - Plasma processing and deposition KW - Structural properties PY - 1999 SN - 0040-6090 VL - 354 SP - 106 EP - 110 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-891 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Giebler, Rainer A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Schulz, B. A1 - Reiche, J. A1 - Brehmer, L. A1 - Wühn, M. A1 - Wöll, Ch. A1 - Smith, A.P. A1 - Urquhart, S.G. T1 - Near-Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopy on Ordered Films of an Amphiphilic Derivate of 2,5-Diphenyl-1,3,4-Oxadiazole KW - NEXAFS KW - OMBD KW - X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy PY - 1999 SN - 0743-7463 SN - 1520-5827 VL - 15 IS - 4 SP - 1291 EP - 1298 PB - American Chemical Society CY - Washington, DC AN - OPUS4-828 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - The application of X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (ESCA) and X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy (NEXAFS) in Interface Analysis of Metallized Polymers T2 - Summer Workshop "Functionalized Surfaces: Applications and Analytical Tools" CY - Zurich, Switzerland DA - 1999-07-05 KW - ESCA KW - NEXAFS PY - 1999 SP - F1 EP - F12 AN - OPUS4-797 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Koprinarov, Ivaylo A1 - Giebler, Rainer A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Reactions and Intermediates at the Metal-Polymer Interface as Observed by XPS and NEXAFS Spectroscopy KW - XPS KW - NEXAFS KW - Interfacial polymer-metal redox reactions KW - Chromium-polymer intermediates KW - Near edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy KW - Adhesion KW - Polymer-metal bonds KW - Polymer-aluminium bonds KW - Polymer-copper bonds PY - 1999 SN - 0021-8464 SN - 1545-5823 VL - 71 SP - 297 EP - 321 PB - Gordon & Breach CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-798 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Gross, Thomas A1 - Güttler, J. T1 - Neues vom Urkilogramm KW - Oberflächenanalytik PY - 1999 SN - 0341-5163 SN - 1521-3854 VL - 47 IS - 7 SP - 784 EP - 786 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-791 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gross, Thomas A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Quantitative Bestimmung von organischen Si-Verbindungen auf Elastomeroberflächen PY - 1999 SN - 0948-3276 SN - 0022-9520 VL - 52 IS - 12 SP - 842 PB - Hüthig CY - Heidelberg AN - OPUS4-6832 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Koprinarov, Ivaylo A1 - Kühn, Gerhard A1 - Weidner, Steffen A1 - Vogel, Lydia T1 - Chemical reactions at polymer surfaces interacting with a gas plasma or with metal atoms - their relevance to adhesion N2 - The chemical and morphological stabilities of polymer segments in the near-surface layer were investigated by spectroscopic methods such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. Model studies were undertaken with Langmuir–Blodgett films, self-assembled monolayers and oligomer films. For thin polymer layers (30 to 500 nm), the changes in molecular-weight distributions of some polymers were investigated systematically by size exclusion chromatography, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization–time-of-flight mass spectrometry and thermal-field flow fractionation for oxygen- and helium-plasma exposures. The polymer surfaces were found to be relatively stable at exposure to an oxygen low-pressure plasma up to ca. 2 s. This is important information to get maximum adhesion to metals in composites. In correlation to their redox potentials, potassium, aluminium and chromium react with oxygen functional groups at the polymer/metal interface. In a dedicated study, chromium was found to attack aromatic rings and form different reaction products. PY - 1999 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0257-8972(99)00229-7 SN - 0257-8972 VL - 116-119 SP - 772 EP - 782 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Lausanne AN - OPUS4-6981 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Koprinarov, Ivaylo A1 - Friedrich, Jörg F. A1 - Wöll, Ch. T1 - K-edge soft x-ray absorption (NEXAFS) spectroscopy in surface chemical analysis of polymers T2 - BESSY Nutzertreffen CY - Berlin, Germany DA - 1999-12-09 PY - 1999 AN - OPUS4-6133 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - The application of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ESCA) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS) in interface analysis of metallized polymers T2 - Center of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry (CEAC) Summer Workshop "Functionalized Surfaces: Applications and Analytical Tools" CY - Zurich, Switzerland DA - 1999-07-05 PY - 1999 AN - OPUS4-6050 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -