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A Study of the Effect of Oxygen Plasma Treatment on the Interfacial Properties of Carbon Fiber/Epoxy Composites

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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2010-11-05

Journal:JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE

Included Journals:SCIE、EI、Scopus

Volume:118

Issue:3

Page Number:1606-1614

ISSN No.:0021-8995

Key Words:interface; cold plasma treatment; atomic force microscopy (AFM); XPS; DMTA

Abstract:In this work, effects of the interface modification on the carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy composites were studied. For this purpose, the surface of carbon fibers were modified by oxygen plasma treatment. The surface characteristics of carbon fibers were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), atomic force microscopy (AFM), dynamic contact angle analysis (DCAA), and dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (DMTA), respectively. The interlaminar shear strength (ILSS) was also measured. XPS and AFM analyses indicated that the oxygen plasma treatment successfully increased some oxygen-containing functional groups concentration on the carbon fiber surfaces, the surface roughness of carbon fibers was enhanced by plasma etching and oxidative reactions. DCAA and DMTA analyses show that the surface energy of carbon fibers increased 44.9% after plasma treatment for 3 min and the interfacial bonding intensities A and alpha also reached minimum and maximum value respectively. The composites exhibited the highest value of ILSS after oxgen plasma treated for 3 min. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 118: 1606-1614, 2010

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