Plasma Treatment of Large-Area Polymer Substrates for the
Enhanced Adhesion of UV–Digital Printing

J 2024

Plasma Treatment of Large-Area Polymer Substrates for the Enhanced Adhesion of UV–Digital Printing

FLEISCHER, Michal, Zlata KELAR TUČEKOVÁ, Oleksandr GALMIZ, Eva BAŤKOVÁ, Tomáš PLŠEK et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Plasma Treatment of Large-Area Polymer Substrates for the Enhanced Adhesion of UV–Digital Printing

Authors

FLEISCHER, Michal (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Zlata KELAR TUČEKOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Oleksandr GALMIZ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eva BAŤKOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tomáš PLŠEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Tatiana KOLÁŘOVÁ (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution), Dušan KOVÁČIK (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution) and Jakub KELAR (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Nanomaterials, MDPI, 2024, 2079-4991

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10305 Fluids and plasma physics

Country of publisher

Switzerland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Impact factor

Impact factor: 5.300 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano14050426

UT WoS

001183136200001

Keywords in English

UV–digital printing; transparent polymers; low-temperature plasma; surface functionalization; ink adhesion

Abstract

V originále

UV–digital printing belongs to the commonly used method for custom large-area substrate decoration. Despite low surface energy and adhesion, transparent polymer materials, such as polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and polycarbonate (PC), represent an ideal substrate for such purposes. The diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge (DCSBD) in a novel compact configuration was used for substrate activation to improve ink adhesion to the polymer surface. This industrially applicable version of DCSBD was prepared, tested, and successfully implemented for the UV–digital printing process. Furthermore, wettability and surface free energy measurement, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force, and scanning electron microscopy evaluated the surface chemistry and morphology changes. The changes in the adhesion of the surface and of ink were analyzed by a peel-force and a crosscut test, respectively. A short plasma treatment (1–5 s) enhanced the substrate’s properties of PMMA and PC while providing the pre-treatment suitable for further in-line UV–digital printing. Furthermore, we did not observe damage of or significant change in roughness affecting the substrate’s initial transparency.

Links

FV40114, research and development project

Name: Zvýšení kvality velkoplošného UV digitálního tisku atmosférickým plazmatem

Investor: Ministry of Industry and Trade of the CR

90110, large research infrastructures

Name: CzechNanoLab

Citovat

FLEISCHER, Michal, Zlata KELAR TUČEKOVÁ, Oleksandr GALMIZ, Eva BAŤKOVÁ, Tomáš PLŠEK, Tatiana KOLÁŘOVÁ, Dušan KOVÁČIK and Jakub KELAR. Plasma Treatment of Large-Area Polymer Substrates for the Enhanced Adhesion of UV–Digital Printing. Nanomaterials. MDPI, 2024, vol. 14, No 5, p. 1-14. ISSN 2079-4991. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano14050426.

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N2  - UV–digital printing belongs to the commonly used method for custom large-area substrate decoration. Despite low surface energy and adhesion, transparent polymer materials, such as polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) and polycarbonate (PC), represent an ideal substrate for such purposes. The diffuse coplanar surface barrier discharge (DCSBD) in a novel compact configuration was used for substrate activation to improve ink adhesion to the polymer surface. This industrially applicable version of DCSBD was prepared, tested, and successfully implemented for the UV–digital printing process. Furthermore, wettability and surface free energy measurement, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force, and scanning electron microscopy evaluated the surface chemistry and morphology changes. The changes in the adhesion of the surface and of ink were analyzed by a peel-force and a crosscut test, respectively. A short plasma treatment (1–5 s) enhanced the substrate’s properties of PMMA and PC while providing the pre-treatment suitable for further in-line UV–digital printing. Furthermore, we did not observe damage of or significant change in roughness affecting the substrate’s initial transparency.
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FLEISCHER, Michal, Zlata KELAR TUČEKOVÁ, Oleksandr GALMIZ, Eva BAŤKOVÁ, Tomáš PLŠEK, Tatiana KOLÁŘOVÁ, Dušan KOVÁČIK and Jakub KELAR. Plasma Treatment of Large-Area Polymer Substrates for the Enhanced Adhesion of UV–Digital Printing. \textit{Nanomaterials}. MDPI, 2024, vol.~14, No~5, p.~1-14. ISSN~2079-4991. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nano14050426.

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