CARBON MICROFIBERS SURFACE CHANGES INDUCED BY OXYGEN PLASMA TREATMENT

1,2 PROŠEK Zdeněk
Co-authors:
1 TESÁREK Pavel 1 TREJBAL Jan 1 HOLUB Petr 1 HAVRDA Jan 2 POTOCKÝ Štěpán
Institutions:
1 Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Prague, Czech Republic, EU, zdenek.prosek@fsv.cvut.cz
2 Czech Academy of Science, Institute of Physic, Prague, Czech Republic, EU
Conference:
8th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application, Hotel Voronez I, Brno, Czech Republic, EU, October 19th - 21st 2016
Proceedings:
Proceedings 8th International Conference on Nanomaterials - Research & Application
Pages:
330-334
ISBN:
978-80-87294-71-0
ISSN:
2694-930X
Published:
17th March 2017
Proceedings of the conference were published in Web of Science and Scopus.
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Abstract

The reinforcement carbon fibers were modified using low pressure oxygen plasma treatment to attain the better adhesion between their surfaces and matrix of various composite materials. We investigated the influence of plasma treatment duration on the surface morphology, wettability and mechanical properties of carbon fibers. Three different times of plasma treatment were studied (1, 2 and 4 minutes) together with untreated samples. The fiber surface morphology changes were studied using scanning electron microscopy. The other studied parameters were the fiber modulus of elasticity and tensile strength. The results showed that 4 minutes of plasma treatment had a positive effect on the fibers surface morphology and wettability while no or limited effects on mechanical properties were found.

Keywords: Carbon fibers, plasma, SEM, tensile strength, modulus of elasticity

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