Why Does Plasma Etching Improve PTFE Surface Energy

PTFE, or polytetrafluoroethylene, has very low surface energy so it is difficult to glue to. Learn why plasma etching improves PTFE surface energy.
PTFE, or polytetrafluoroethylene, has very low surface energy so it is difficult to glue to. Learn why plasma etching improves PTFE surface energy.

Room-temperature bonding of glass chips via PTFE-assisted plasma modification for nanofluidic applications - Lab on a Chip (RSC Publishing) DOI:10.1039/D3LC00169E

One-Step Large-Scale Nanotexturing of Nonplanar PTFE Surfaces to Induce Bactericidal and Anti-inflammatory Properties

Frontiers Frontiers in the Interaction of Chemically Reactive Species From Gaseous Plasma With Hydrophobic Polymers

Adhesive Primers and Adhesion Promoters

a Static contact angles and b surface free energies of atmospheric

Full article: Comparison between adhesion properties of adhesive bonding and adhesive-free adhesion for heat-assisted plasma-treated polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)

Plasma treatment of PTFE at elevated temperature: The effect of surface properties on its biological performance - ScienceDirect

Test Methods Surface Energy

Amphiphobic Polytetrafluoroethylene Membranes for Efficient Organic Aerosol Removal

PDF) Nano-structuring of PTFE surface by plasma treatment, etching, and sputtering with gold

One-Step Large-Scale Nanotexturing of Nonplanar PTFE Surfaces to Induce Bactericidal and Anti-inflammatory Properties

Plasma Etching - an overview

PTFE Surface Etching in the Post‐discharge of a Scanning RF Plasma Torch: Evidence of Ejected Fluorinated Species - Dufour - 2012 - Plasma Processes and Polymers - Wiley Online Library