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Enhanced Hydrophobicity of Polymers for Protective Gloves Achieved by Geometric, Chemical and Plasma—Surface Modification

Gloves are one of the most important elements of personal protective equipment (PPE). To improve gloves properties, a lot of different methods of surface modifications are used. In this work, the application of geometric, chemical, and plasma surface modifications to improve the hydrophobicity of bu...

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Autores principales: Irzmańska, Emilia, Siciński, Mariusz, Smejda-Krzewicka, Aleksandra, Adamus-Włodarczyk, Agnieszka, Makowicz, Magdalena, Gozdek, Tomasz
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9104649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35564635
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095239
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author Irzmańska, Emilia
Siciński, Mariusz
Smejda-Krzewicka, Aleksandra
Adamus-Włodarczyk, Agnieszka
Makowicz, Magdalena
Gozdek, Tomasz
author_facet Irzmańska, Emilia
Siciński, Mariusz
Smejda-Krzewicka, Aleksandra
Adamus-Włodarczyk, Agnieszka
Makowicz, Magdalena
Gozdek, Tomasz
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description Gloves are one of the most important elements of personal protective equipment (PPE). To improve gloves properties, a lot of different methods of surface modifications are used. In this work, the application of geometric, chemical, and plasma surface modifications to improve the hydrophobicity of butyl (IIR) and silicone (MVQ) rubber are described. To characterise surface properties contact angle measurements, FT-IR spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used. This study showed that when the chemical modification applied, the contact angle value increases compared to non-modified samples. In addition, plasma modification raised the contact angle value and smoothed the surface morphology. An increase in the polymer surfaces hydrophobicity was the observed effect of the three modifications of rubber.
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spelling pubmed-91046492022-05-14 Enhanced Hydrophobicity of Polymers for Protective Gloves Achieved by Geometric, Chemical and Plasma—Surface Modification Irzmańska, Emilia Siciński, Mariusz Smejda-Krzewicka, Aleksandra Adamus-Włodarczyk, Agnieszka Makowicz, Magdalena Gozdek, Tomasz Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Gloves are one of the most important elements of personal protective equipment (PPE). To improve gloves properties, a lot of different methods of surface modifications are used. In this work, the application of geometric, chemical, and plasma surface modifications to improve the hydrophobicity of butyl (IIR) and silicone (MVQ) rubber are described. To characterise surface properties contact angle measurements, FT-IR spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy were used. This study showed that when the chemical modification applied, the contact angle value increases compared to non-modified samples. In addition, plasma modification raised the contact angle value and smoothed the surface morphology. An increase in the polymer surfaces hydrophobicity was the observed effect of the three modifications of rubber. MDPI 2022-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9104649/ /pubmed/35564635 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095239 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Makowicz, Magdalena
Gozdek, Tomasz
Enhanced Hydrophobicity of Polymers for Protective Gloves Achieved by Geometric, Chemical and Plasma—Surface Modification
title Enhanced Hydrophobicity of Polymers for Protective Gloves Achieved by Geometric, Chemical and Plasma—Surface Modification
title_full Enhanced Hydrophobicity of Polymers for Protective Gloves Achieved by Geometric, Chemical and Plasma—Surface Modification
title_fullStr Enhanced Hydrophobicity of Polymers for Protective Gloves Achieved by Geometric, Chemical and Plasma—Surface Modification
title_full_unstemmed Enhanced Hydrophobicity of Polymers for Protective Gloves Achieved by Geometric, Chemical and Plasma—Surface Modification
title_short Enhanced Hydrophobicity of Polymers for Protective Gloves Achieved by Geometric, Chemical and Plasma—Surface Modification
title_sort enhanced hydrophobicity of polymers for protective gloves achieved by geometric, chemical and plasma—surface modification
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9104649/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35564635
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095239
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