Process for modifying surfaces of polymers, and polymers having surfaces modified by such process
US5783641A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 28, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C2035/0872
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process for modifying a polymer surface by irradiating ion particles with energy on a polymer surface, while blowing the reactive gas directly on the polymer surface under vacuum condition, to decrease the wetting angle of the polymer surface. The process for modifying the polymer surface according to the present invention can be widely used in the application fields of polymers because it provides effects of increasing the spreading of aqueous dyestuffs, increasing adhesive strength with other materials and inhibition of light scattering by decreasing the wetting angle of the polymer surface.
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