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Stability of Plasma Treated Non-vulcanized Polybutadiene Surfaces: Role of Plasma Parameters and Influence of Additives

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Surface modification studies of non-vulcanized BR elastomers (butadiene rubber) by low-pressure air plasma treatment and the effect on ageing and adhesion performances are presented in this paper. In particular, the influence of discharge power and distance from the glow discharge, and impact of antioxidant molecules in the BR formulation were examined. To characterize the changes to the BR surface, XPS spectroscopy, contact angle measurements, AFM nanoindentation experiments and tack measurements were utilized. Oxidation and crosslinking were the main mechanisms observed on the polymer chains regardless of the plasma conditions used. Beyond a certain threshold of plasma energy (in our case, discharge power of similar to 60 W and exposure time of similar to 30 s), a steady state was reached irrespective of the distance from the glow discharge. The presence of antioxidant molecules considerably reduced crosslinking phenomena while maintaining oxidation processes on polymer chains and increasing the nitrogen content in the near surface region. The mechanisms responsible for these differences have been identified. Interestingly, the COOH/C=O ratio changed according to the balance between oxidation and crosslinking. The hydrophobic recovery rate was mainly driven by temperature-dependent dynamics and varied according to the degree of crosslinking in the surface region. It was found to be lower in air atmosphere in the presence of antioxidant molecules. Finally, the presence of antioxidant molecules in the BR formulation allowed the adhesion performances after plasma exposure to significantly increase.

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hal-01507021 , version 1 (12-04-2017)

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Alicia Henry, Marie-France Vallat, Gauthier Schrodj, Philippe Fioux, Vincent Roucoules, et al.. Stability of Plasma Treated Non-vulcanized Polybutadiene Surfaces: Role of Plasma Parameters and Influence of Additives. Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 2016, 36 (2), pp.627-650. ⟨10.1007/s11090-015-9659-0⟩. ⟨hal-01507021⟩
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