AFM and SEM analysis of polystyrene Surface Treated by DC Pseudo Plasma Discharge

Moubarak, D; Abd Al-Halim, M; Abu-Hashem, A.; Elbashar, Yahia Hamdy

doi:10.21608/ejchem.2019.5365.1473

	AFM and SEM analysis of polystyrene Surface Treated by DC Pseudo Plasma Discharge
Egyptian Journal of Chemistry
Article 14, Volume 62, Issue 7, July 2019, Page 1335-1341 PDF (1.81 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejchem.2019.5365.1473
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Authors
D Moubarak¹; M Abd Al-Halim²; A. Abu-Hashem²; Yahia Hamdy Elbashar ³
¹Thebes High Institute of Engineering, Cairo 11434, Egypt
²Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Benha University, Qalyubia , Egypt
³Egypt Nanotechnology Center ((EGNC)), Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
In this work, the surface treatment of polystyrene using the DC Pseudo-Plasma is studied. First, the DC Pseudo-plasma was employed as a function of plasma device parameters under different operating conditions including time (t) (30 s), current (I) (15mA), distance (d) (3 mm) between inter-electrodes, mesh anode transparency (T) (19 %), distance between the polystyrene sample and the mesh anode (D) (2 mm) and air pressure in plasma exposuring system (P) (2 torr). The best optimization of these parameters were performed by the water absorbency, which supported by the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) test Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) test.
Keywords
DC pseudo plasma discharge; polystyrene; Surface treatment


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