Adhesion performance of UHMWPE after different surface modification techniques

The use of DBD plasma treatment and polymerization for the enhancement of biomedical UHMWPE

“…[5] Improving the adhesive properties of medical grade UHMWPE by means of surface modification could consequently lead to an improved performance of a shoulder prosthesis.…”

“…Gas-phase based treatments include UV/ozone treatment, corona treatment or glow discharge treatment. [5,6] In the past, extensive research, using plasma activation, has been successfully done on the improvement of the wettability of polymer surfaces. [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Functional groups, such as hydroxyls and alkanoates, are introduced onto the surface, making it more polar and less inert.…”

Single-Lap Joints of Similar and Dissimilar Adherends Bonded with an Acrylic Adhesive

“…Traditionally, surface preparation and pre-treatment are necessary on the bond surfaces, which make the process slow and expensive. Chemical etching, flame treating, corona discharge, plasma etching, UV irradiation, or chemical primers are amongst the most common pre-treatments [1][2][3][4][5]. Recently, two-part acrylic adhesives were especially developed for low surface energy materials, including polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), used in this work.…”

The use of acoustic emission and composite peel tests to detect weak adhesion in composite structures

“…Schematic representation of the UV/Ozone surface treatment apparatus. [48] sheets. The rigid adherend is a CFRP laminate with a layup of ten plies [0°/ 90°/0°/90°/0°]s -approximately 1.55 mm thick-and the flexible adherend a CFRP laminate with two plies [0°/90°]-approximately 0.27 mm thick.…”