Surface grafting of poly(vinylamine) onto poly(ethylene) film by corona discharge-induced grafting

✍ Scribed by Fusako Seto; Yoichiro Muraoka; Takami Akagi; Akio Kishida; Mitsuru Akashi

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 136 KB
• Volume: 72
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-8995
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4628(19990620)72:12<1583::aid-app11>3.0.co;2-0

✦ Synopsis

Poly(vinylamine) (PVAm) was grafted on a poly(ethylene) (PE) film surface via the surface graft polymerization of N-vinylformamide (NVF) and N-vinylacetamide (NVA) and the subsequent hydrolysis of those grafted polymers. The surface was characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), contact angle, moisture absorption, and the leakage of electrostatic charge from the films. PNVF and PNVA were introduced onto the surface of the PE film successfully, in spite of the fact that the initiator for polymerization was a peroxide group. The grafted amounts of PNVF and PNVA were dependent on the grafting time. A PVAm-grafted surface was obtained via the hydrolysis of the grafted PNVF. The grafted-PNVA was not hydrolyzed under mild hydrolysis. The obtained PVAm-grafted surface appeared to be useful for various applications, such as protein immobilization or chemical modification.