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Plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition: a gas-phase route to hydrophilic, glueable polytetrafluoroethylene
Amit K Roy1, Jolien Dendooven, Davy Deduytsche
1Department of Solid State Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281/S1, B-9000 Gent, Belgium. Christophe.Detavernier@UGent.be.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|January 30, 2015
Abstract:
This communication reports an approach based on plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition of aluminium oxide for the functionalization of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE or "Teflon") surfaces. Alternating exposure of PTFE to oxygen plasma and trimethylaluminium causes a permanent hydrophilic effect, and a more than 10-fold improvement of the "glueability" of PTFE to aluminium.
