Inorganic nanofilms for surface charge control on polymer surfaces by atmospheric-pressure plasma deposition
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Lin, Haofan
Gao, Yuan
Ren, Chengyan
Ostrikov, Kostya Ken
Shao, Tao
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An effective surface charge removal is critical to diverse applications of polymer and other soft organic materials in electrical devices and systems. Here, we report on the application of atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (AP-DBD) to deposit SiOx thin films to improve the surface charge dissipation on an epoxy resin surface. The SiOx nanofilms are formed at atmospheric pressure, with the replacement of organic groups (C-H, C=O and C=C) with inorganic groups (Si-O-Si and Si-OH) within the thin surface layer. After the plasma deposition, the initial surface charge decreased by 12% and the surface charge dissipation was accelerated. The flashover voltage which characterizes the insulation property of the epoxy resin is increased by 42%. These improvements are attributed to the lower density of shallow charge traps introduced by SiOx film deposition, which also corresponds to the surface conductivity increase. These results suggest that the SiOx deposition by AP-DBD is promising to accelerate surface charge dissipation. This method is generic, applicable for other types of precursors and may open new avenues for the development of next-generation organic-inorganic insulation materials with customized charge dissipation properties.
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Journal of Applied Physics
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122
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23
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© 2017 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. This article appeared in Journal of Applied Physics 122, 233302 (2017) and may be found at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5008645
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Wang, R; Lin, H; Gao, Y; Ren, C; Ostrikov, KK; Shao, T, Inorganic nanofilms for surface charge control on polymer surfaces by atmospheric-pressure plasma deposition, Journal of Applied Physics, 2017, 122 (23), pp. 233302