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Erratum: Influence of oxygen plasma treatment parameters on poly(vinylidene fluoride) electrospun fiber mats wettability

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Resumo:Electrospun poly(vinylidene fluoride) (PVDF) fiber mats find applications in an increasing number of areas, such as battery separators, filtration and detection membranes, due to their excellent properties. However, there are limitations due to the hydrophobic nature and low surface energy of PVDF. In this work, oxygen plasma treatment has been applied in order to modify the surface wettability of PVDF fiber mats and superhydrophilic PVDF electrospun membranes have been obtained. Further, plasma treatment does not significantly influences fiber average size (~400 ± 200 nm), morphology, electroactive -phase content (~80-85%) or the degree of crystallinity (Xc of 42 ± 2%), allowing to maintain the excellent physical-chemical characteristics of PVDF. Plasma treatment mainly induces surface chemistry modifications, such as the introduction of oxygen and release of fluorine atoms that significantly changes polymer membrane wettability by a reduction of the contact angle of the polymer fibers and an overall decrease of the surface tension of the membranes.
Autores principais:Correia, D. M.
Outros Autores:Ribeiro, C.; Sencadas, Vítor João Gomes Silva; Botelho, Gabriela; Carabineiro, S. A. C.; Gomes Ribelles, J. L.; Lanceros-Méndez, S.
Assunto:Electrospun membranes Electroactive PVDF Oxygen plasma treatment Surface modification Surface wettability Oxidation mechanism Ciências Naturais::Ciências Físicas Ciências Naturais::Ciências Químicas
Ano:2015
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:outro
Tipo de acesso:acesso restrito
Instituição associada:Universidade do Minho
Idioma:inglês
Origem:RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho

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