1. Effect of heat-treatment on the performance of gas barrier layers applied by atomic layer deposition onto polymer-coated paperboard
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Paavo A. Penttilä, Juha Nikkola, Ali Harlin, Mika Vähä-Nissi, Maarit Karppinen, Ritva Serimaa, Jari Vartiainen, and Terhi Hirvikorpi
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Polymers and Plastics ,SURFACE ,02 engineering and technology ,010402 general chemistry ,FILMS ,01 natural sciences ,Barrier layer ,Crystallinity ,Atomic layer deposition ,Polymer chemistry ,morphology ,Materials Chemistry ,nanolayers ,Thin film ,ta116 ,Quenching ,COATINGS ,Chemistry ,General Chemistry ,Liquid nitrogen ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,NANOCOMPOSITES ,DENSITY POLYETHYLENE ,0104 chemical sciences ,Surfaces, Coatings and Films ,Chemical engineering ,thin films ,Melting point ,VAPOR ,X-RAY ,barrier ,0210 nano-technology ,gas permeation ,Layer (electronics) ,CRYSTALLINITY - Abstract
The effect of heat treatment on the gas barrier of the polymer-coated board further coated with an Al 2 O 3 layer by atomic layer deposition (ALD) was studied. Heat treatment below the melting point of the polymer followed by quenching at room temperature was used for the polylactide-coated board [B(PLA)], while over-the-melting-point treatment was utilized for the low-density polyethylene-coated board [B(PE)] followed by quenching at room temperature or in liquid nitrogen. Heat treatment of B(PLA) and B(PE) followed by quenching at room temperature improved the water vapor barrier. However, because of the changes in the polymer morphology, quenching of B(PE) with liquid nitrogen impaired the same barrier. No improvement in oxygen barrier was observed explained by, e.g., the spherulitic structure of PLA and the discontinuities and possible short-chain amorphous material around the spherulites forming passages for oxygen molecules. This work emphasizes the importance of a homogeneous surface prior to the ALD growth Al 2 O 3 barrier layer.
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- 2011
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