Deposição de filme metálico decorativo de AI, por evaporação térmica resistiva, em PVC plastificado com DEHP e modificado por plasma

Abstract

The surface modification of polymeric materials has led to significant design advances of new industrial applications, besides allowing the replacement of engineering polymers by lower cost materials. Thus, in the present work, were performed the surface modification of PVC-DOA and PVC-DEHP compounds by N2O2 plasma treatment in order to improve the adhesion of a metallic aluminum layer, deposited by resistive thermal evaporation, for applications in components for the footwear industry [1]. The PVC-DOA compound presented higher weight loss (1.07% wt.) than the PVC-DEHP compound (0.30% wt.), in addition, after the UV-Vis test in both metallized systems, the PVC-DOA compound had its surface modified, showing a loss of metallic luster becoming it matte. The analysis by optical microscopy reveals a topographical modification in the metallic layer presenting an increase surface roughness. Based on these results, only for the PVC-DEHP compound different plasma treatment times were performed. ATR-FTIR analysis revealed no significant chemical changes in the surface of the PVC-DEHP compound, besides the presence of hydroxyl (3200-3500 cm-1) and changes in the carbonyl region (1720 cm-1) after exposure to plasma treatment. On the other hand, analyzes by AFM revealed that the surface roughness of the PVC-DEHP is increased, being constant (46.59 ± 9.51 nm) after 240 seconds of plasma treatment. Similar effect is observed in water contact angle measurements, which after a 36% reduction in its value, its remains constant (39° ± 4°) for plasma treatments with times greater than 240 seconds, doing the surface more hydrophilic [2]. SEM micrographs of the treated surface revealed no significant changes in the surface texture of the samples as a function of the plasma treatment time, maintaining the same waviness pattern of the original material. Chemical changes were not observed by titration of the -NCO group, since there was no significant difference in NCO consumption for both the untreated and plasma treated samples. These results indicate that the N2O2 plasma treatment produced chemical and physical changes on the surface of the PVC-DEHP compound, as observed by increasing the surface roughness, resulting in increased wettability of the treated material. Adhesion tests performed on the metallized layer according to ASTM D 3359-09 indicate that the 240-second of plasma treatment time was the minimum required to achieve sufficient adhesion for this system, presenting a material area removed less than 5%.