Ion beam ablation of polytetrafluoroethylene

✍ Scribed by V. Švorčík; I. Miček; V. Rybka; L. Palmetshofer; V. Hnatowicz

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1998
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 147 KB
• Volume: 69
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8995
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19980808)69:6<1257::aid-app21>3.0.co;2-o

✦ Synopsis

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) was irradiated with 300 keV Ar / ions to the fluences of 1 1 10 14 to 1 1 10 16 cm 02 ; the PTFE structural changes induced by the ion irradiation were studied by X-ray diffraction and UV-vis and IR spectroscopies. The electrical conductivity of the ion beam modified PTFE was also investigated using the standard technique, and the alterations of the surface polarity were determined by contact angle measurements. The ion irradiation leads to intensive PTFE ablation due to the breaking of the C{C bonds in the polymer molecular chains and due to the production and liberation of the molecular fragments C x F y . In contrast to other polymeric materials, the irradiated PTFE carbonizes to a lesser extent and the observed irradiation induced increase of the electrical conductivity is also not significant. Incoming ions cause a reduction of the crystalline phase content in the PTFE samples.