TY - JOUR A1 - Retzko, Iris A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Chemical analysis of plasma-polymerized films: The application of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS) and fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) N2 - Selected FTIR, XPS and NEXAFS spectroscopy results obtained with films deposited with different plasma polymerization processes and different monomers (styrene, acetylene, ethylene and butadiene) are presented. In detail FTIR spectra, XPS surveys, XPS valence bands and core level signals including shake-up features as well as carbon K-edge absorption spectra are qualitatively and, in some cases, semi-quantitatively considered. Information on the film formation, the chemistry of the films and the film stability against air exposure are derived from spectroscopic features. With styrene chemically rather well defined plasma polymer layers can be formed with rather high deposition rates applying a pulse plasma process. Using ethylene, acetylene or butadiene as a monomer in the plasma deposition process the deposition rates are smaller. Using these monomers plasma polymer films can be obtained with a primary chemical structure which is similar to each other but more or less different from those of the respective conventional polymers. The main difference between these samples is their individual concentration of unsaturated carbon species. Finally, a technologically relevant example, i.e. a plasma deposited polymer barrier layer deposited on the inner wall of a poly(ethylene) vessel is briefly considered. KW - Plasma polymer KW - Styrene KW - Ethylene KW - Acethylene KW - Butadiene KW - XPS KW - NEXAFS KW - FTIR KW - Chemical characterization KW - Deposition process KW - Stability PY - 2001 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0368-2048(01)00330-9 SN - 0368-2048 SN - 1873-2526 VL - 121 IS - 2 SP - 111 EP - 129 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-6938 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Kühn, Gerhard A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Mix, Renate ED - Radusch, H.-J. ED - Fiedler, L. T1 - Plasma-initiated homo and copolymerisation for modifying polymer surfaces with funtional groups of different type and density T2 - Internationale Fachtagung Polymerwerkstoffe ; P-2002 CY - Halle (Saale), Germany DA - 2002-09-25 PY - 2002 SN - 3-86010-656-2 SP - 534 EP - 539 PB - Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg CY - Halle (Saale) AN - OPUS4-6969 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Mix, Renate A1 - Kühn, Gerhard A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Functional groups bearing plasma homo and copolymer layers as adhesion promoters in metal-polymer composites T2 - 10. Neues Dresdner Vakuumtechnisches Kolloquium (NDVaK) CY - Dresden, Germany DA - 2002-10-17 PY - 2002 SP - 6 EP - 15 PB - DTVa CY - Dresden AN - OPUS4-6970 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kühn, Gerhard A1 - Retzko, Iris A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian T1 - Homofunctionalized polymer surfaces formed by selective plasma processes N2 - Several possibilities exist to produce a modified polymer surface with a high density of only one sort of functional group such as: (i) the plasma grafting of unfragmented monomer molecules and their polymerization forms OH, NH2, COOH groups, etc. in concentrations of approximately 25 groups per 100 C atoms; (ii) selective plasma bromination provides 10–25 CBr groups; (iii) the plasma oxidation of polymer surfaces in an O2 plasma followed by the chemical reduction of all O-containing groups to OH groups by diborane, vitride™ (Na complex) or LiAlH4 yields 9–14 OH groups per 100 carbon atoms; and (iv) the grafting of spacers with different endgroups onto OH or CBr groups produces 7–10 spacer molecules/100 C. This work was focused on the formation of thin plasma deposited polymer layers with a maximum of (homo)functional groups and with a minimum of chemical irregularities using the pulsed plasma technique. The monomers were allylalcohol, allylamine, acrylonitrile and acrylic acid. The further intent was to study the interactions of functional groups (OH, COOH, NH2) and deposited metals (Cr, Al, Ti). It was expected that more basic (NH2), weakly basic or neutral (OH) or more acidic (COOH) groups would show different interactions and chemical reactions with metal atoms. KW - Pulsed plasma polymerization KW - Functional groups KW - Long-term stability KW - Polymer-metal composites PY - 2001 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0257-8972(01)01056-8 SN - 0257-8972 VL - 142-144 SP - 494 EP - 500 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Lausanne AN - OPUS4-6971 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Retzko, Iris A1 - Kühn, Gerhard A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Lippitz, Andreas T1 - Plasma polymers with chemically defined structures in contact with metals N2 - The retention of chemical structure and functional groups during plasma polymerization was investigated. Usually plasma polymer layers, prepared by a continuous wave radio-frequency plasma, are often chemically irregular in their structure and composition. To minimize these irregularities low wattages and the pulsed plasma technique were applied to avoid fragmentations. The first goal was to produce plasma polymers comprising double or triple bonds as precursors for electrically conducting polymers. Acetylene, ethylene, butadiene and polystyrene were used as monomers and deposited as thin polymer films by pulsed plasmas of low wattages. Styrene polymerization was strongly enhanced in the dark phase (plasma off) of a pulsed r.f. plasma caused by the reactivity of the vinyl-type double bond. This could be confirmed by a verification of a rather high chemical regularity of the film sample. The oxygen content of this film measured by X-ray photoelectron spectrometry (XPS) was in situ 0% and after 24 h exposure to air lower than 1%. Additionally, post-plasma oxidations of trapped radicals with air could be suppressed using NO gas as radical quencher. Such quenched plasma polymer layers were completely stable against oxidation for a number of weeks. During the low-wattage pulse plasma polymerization metal atoms were simultaneously or layer by layer evaporated into the growing layer and in situ measured by XPS. These metal atoms are acting as dopants. Here, Li, K, Mg and Cr were used at different concentrations providing electrical conductivity and magnetic properties for the film. KW - Pulsed plasma KW - Plasma polymerization KW - Doping with metal atoms KW - Encapsulation of nanoparticles PY - 2001 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0257-8972(01)01051-9 SN - 0257-8972 VL - 142-144 SP - 460 EP - 467 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Lausanne AN - OPUS4-6972 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Möller, B. A1 - Kühn, Gerhard A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Krüger, P. T1 - Improvement of adhesion properties of polymers by producing oxyfluorinated surfaces PY - 2001 SN - 0016-4232 VL - 92 IS - 5 SP - 1334 EP - 1444 PB - Leuze CY - Saulgau, Württ. AN - OPUS4-6973 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Retzko, Iris A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Kühn, Gerhard A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Unger, Wolfgang T1 - Eine neue Generation von alterungsbeständigen Plasmapolymeren mit definierter chemischer Struktur T2 - 8. Neues Dresdner Vakuumtechnisches Kolloquium (NDVaK) CY - Dresden, Deutschland DA - 2000-10-19 PY - 2000 VL - 8 SP - 110 EP - 114 CY - Dresden AN - OPUS4-6974 LA - deu AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Koprinarov, Ivaylo A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Wöll, Ch. T1 - K-Edge Soft X-ray Absorption (NEXAFS) Spectroscopy In Surface Chemical Analysis of Polymers T2 - International Discussion Meeting Advanced Methods of Polymer Characterization: New Developments and Applications in Industry CY - Mainz, Germany DA - 1999-03-15 PY - 1999 SP - P3.53 CY - Mainz AN - OPUS4-6925 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - GEN A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Koprinarov, Ivaylo A1 - Weiss, K. A1 - Wöll, Ch. ED - Mittal, K. T1 - The Application of Near Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structures (NEXAFS) Spectroscopy and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) in Surface Analysis of Chromium-evaporated Polymers and Organic Films PY - 1998 SN - 90-6764-290-8 SP - 147 EP - 168 PB - VSP CY - Utrecht AN - OPUS4-6986 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Koprinarov, Ivaylo A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Wöll, Ch. T1 - Oxygen plama induced degradation of the surface of poly(styrene), poly(bisphenol-A-carbonate) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) as observed by soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS) KW - Oxygen DC plasma treatment KW - Plasma degradation KW - X-ray absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS) PY - 1998 SN - 0032-3861 SN - 1873-2291 VL - 39 IS - 14 SP - 3001 EP - 3009 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-6990 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - CONF 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 - Detected by XPS and NEXAFS Spectroscopy T2 - 4th European Conference on Adhesion (EURADH '98) ; 1st World Congress on Adhesion and Related Phenomena (WCARP) CY - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany DA - 1998-09-06 PY - 1998 SN - 0021-8464 VL - 75 IS - 1 SP - 1.60 EP - 1.62 PB - Gordon & Breach CY - New York, NY AN - OPUS4-6991 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Koprinarov, Ivaylo A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Wöll, Ch. T1 - Surface analysis of DC oxygen plasma treated or chromium evaporated poly(ethylene terephthalate) foils by soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS) KW - Biaxially streched poly(ehtylene terephthalate) KW - Oxygen DC plasma treatment KW - Metallization with chromium PY - 1997 SN - 0032-3861 SN - 1873-2291 VL - 38 IS - 8 SP - 2005 EP - 2010 PB - Springer CY - Berlin AN - OPUS4-6998 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Friedrich, Jörg Florian A1 - Wigant, L. A1 - Unger, Wolfgang A1 - Lippitz, Andreas A1 - Wittrich, H. T1 - Corona, spark and combined UV and ozone modification of polymer films WeBP23 N2 - Different types of plasma, irradiative and chemical activation were compared in terms of surface functionalization. Corona and spark jet plasmas are characterized by low gas temperatures and high rates in surface modification. UV irradiation in the presence of ozone does not involve any particle bombardment and acts only by enhanced photooxidative processes. Although ion implantation can be avoided, this method is not free of radiative damage in both the surface-near region and the bulk of polymers. Furthermore, its functionalization rate is low. In relation to low-pressure O2 plasma modification, all treatments mentioned here have a low efficiency in adhesion promotion due to oxidative degradation of macromolecules and formation of molecular debris known as the ''weak boundary layer''. PY - 1998 DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/S0257-8972(97)00318-6 SN - 0257-8972 VL - 98 IS - 1 SP - 879 EP - 885 PB - Elsevier Science CY - Lausanne AN - OPUS4-7000 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -