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Vacuum UV (VUV) Photo‐Oxidation of Polymer Surfaces to Enhance Adhesion
Summary
Not relevant to microplastics — this paper reviews vacuum UV photo-oxidation techniques for improving adhesion and hydrophilicity of polymer surfaces, focused on industrial materials processing rather than environmental plastic pollution.
A wide variety of vacuum UV (VUV) photo-oxidation techniques, with wavelengths less than 180 nm, are reviewed focusing on increasing the hydrophilicity and enhancing the adhesion to polymer surfaces, such as fluorine-containing polymers, Nafion®, polyimides, polyethylene, polystyrene, cyclo-olefin polymers, poly(ethylene terephthalate), polybenzimidazole, polypropylene, poly(ethylene 2,6-naphthalate), polyethersulfone, polyetherimide, and sustainable polymers.
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