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Use of glow discharge treatment to promote adhesion of aqueous coatings to substrate

US5538841A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 1, 1995
Grant dateJul 23, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/31786
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention is a polyester film base which has a surface approximately 5 nm thick. The surface of the film base has been altered to include about 6 to 15 atomic percent nitrogen in the form of imines, secondary amines and primary amines in the ratio of about 1:1:2. The invention also includes a film base whose surface includes oxygen in the form of hydroxyl, ether, epoxy, carbonyl or carboxyl groups wherein the oxygen is about 4 to 10 atomic percent above the original surface content of the base. The polyester film base can be either polyethylene terephthalate or polyethylene naphthalate.

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