METHOD, SYSTEM, AND POLYMER SUBSTANCE RELATING TO CONSIDERATION OF H2O LEVELS PRESENT WITHIN AN ATMOSPHERIC-PRESSURE NITROGEN DIELECTRIC-BARRIER DISCHARGE

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods that utilize an atmospheric-pressure nitrogen dielectric-barrier discharge to treat the surface of polymer substances.;SOLUTION: The atmospheric-pressure nitrogen dielectric-barrier discharge may be maintained with a level of H₂O below a pre-defined amount, by measuring and controlling the H₂O within an atmospheric-pressure nitrogen dielectric-barrier discharge treater, to produce a surface treatment for a polymer substance that yields desirable characteristics. Furthermore, the H₂O level may be measured and controlled according to a pre-defined amount or according to another parameter such as an analysis of the resulting polymer surface. For example, the polymer surface may be provided with an optimal added nitrogen-to-added oxygen ratio and/or an optimal stability based on washed and unwashed advancing contact angles, by controlling the H₂O level within the treater based on these analyses of the treated polymer.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT