TY - JOUR
T1 - Plasma Directed Organization of Nanodots on Polymers
T2 - Effects of Polymer Type and Etching Time on Morphology and Order
AU - Kontziampasis, D.
AU - Constantoudis, V.
AU - Gogolides, E.
N1 - Copyright:
© 2012 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
PY - 2012/9
Y1 - 2012/9
N2 - Oxygen plasma etching of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), and polystyrene (PS) leads to the formation of organized nanodots on the surfaces of the polymers. In this paper, we describe the metrological characterization of these nanodots and compare their morphology as a function of the polymer type. We study the evolution of the surface morphology with etching time and observe a transition point where dual scale roughness develops, order is lost, and sudden increase in the surface roughness is observed. Possible mechanisms are discussed.
AB - Oxygen plasma etching of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET), and polystyrene (PS) leads to the formation of organized nanodots on the surfaces of the polymers. In this paper, we describe the metrological characterization of these nanodots and compare their morphology as a function of the polymer type. We study the evolution of the surface morphology with etching time and observe a transition point where dual scale roughness develops, order is lost, and sudden increase in the surface roughness is observed. Possible mechanisms are discussed.
KW - directed assembly
KW - metrological characterization
KW - nanofabrication
KW - O2 plasmas
KW - polymers
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U2 - 10.1002/ppap.201100163
DO - 10.1002/ppap.201100163
M3 - Article
SN - 1612-8869
VL - 9
SP - 866
EP - 872
JO - Plasma Processes and Polymers
JF - Plasma Processes and Polymers
IS - 9
ER -