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Improving Wettability: Deposition of TiO2 Nanoparticles on the O2 Plasma Activated Polypropylene Membrane
Babak Jaleh1, Ehsan Sabzi Etivand2, Bahareh Feizi Mohazzab2
1Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Bu-Ali Sina, Hamedan 65174, Iran. jaleh@basu.ac.ir.
Abstract:
Radio frequency plasma is one of the means to modify the polymer surface namely in the activation of polypropylene membranes (PPM) with O2 plasma. Activated membranes were deposited with TiO2 nanoparticles by the dip coating method and the bare sample and modified sample (PPM5-TiO2) were irradiated by UV lamps for 20-120 min. Characterization techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Attenuated total reflection technique- Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Scanning electron microscope (SEM) and water contact angle (WCA) measurements were applied to study the alteration of ensuing membrane surface properties which shows the nanoparticles on the sample surface including the presence of Ti on PPM. The WCA decreased from 135° (PPM) to 90° (PPM5-TiO2) and after UV irradiation, the WCA of PPM5-TiO2 diminished from 90° to 40°.
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