Moisture barrier of Al_xO_y coating on poly(ethylene terephthalate), poly(ethylene naphthalate) and poly(carbonate) substrates

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• 作者：HongYee Low and Yongan Xu
• 关键词：Moisture barrier ; PET ; PEN ; PC ; UV-ozone ; Surface roughnees ; Surface energy
• 刊名：Applied Surface Science
• 出版年：2005
• 期刊代码：6_01694332
• 类别：ms
• 出版时间：2005
• 卷：250
• 期：1-4
• 页码：135-145
• 文件大小：535 K

摘要

The moisture barrier property of Al_xO_y coated poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), poly(ethylene naphthalate) (PEN) and poly(carbonate) (PC), have been investigated. The differences in the morphology of the Al_xO_y sputtered grown on these substrate were investigated using atomic force microscopy (AFM). The initial growth of the Al_xO_y followed closely the topology of the substrate and an amplified roughness was observed. In the fully grown Al_xO_y, the comparative roughness followed that of the substrates. It has been found that a single layer Al_xO_y improved the moisture barrier of PET by an order of magnitude, PC by two orders of magnitude while no improvement was observed for PEN. UV-ozone treatment on PC further improved the moisture barrier, while no improvement was observed for PET and PEN. The comparative effects of the substrate surface roughness and surface energy on the moisture barrier are discussed.