Title:
【発明の名称】火炎処理方法
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2001500552
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of modifying the surface of a polymeric substrate, e.g., to improve the wettability of the polymer film surface and/or affix silicon-containing structures to the substrate surface, comprising exposing the substrate to a flame. The flame is supported by a fuel and oxidizer mixture that includes at least one silicon-containing compound that functions as a fuel and is in an effective amount for modifying the surface of the polymeric substrate. Also disclosed are substrates with surfaces that are modified by exposing the substrate to a flame that is supported by the process of the invention. Large increases in the ASTM wetting test, e.g., greater than 13 mJ/m2 over that reported with conventional flame-treating processes, have been observed in polymeric substrates treated according to this invention.
Inventors:
Strobel, Mark A
Capon, Ronald Es
Lions, Christopher S
Kirk, Seth M
Capon, Ronald Es
Lions, Christopher S
Kirk, Seth M
Application Number:
JP51364898A
Publication Date:
January 16, 2001
Filing Date:
August 05, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
International Classes:
C08J7/12; (IPC1-7): C08J7/12
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Aoyama Ryo (1 person outside)