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SURFACE REVIEW AND LETTERS
Volume 15, Issue 6, Pages 711-715Publisher
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X08011986
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Hydrophilic; PVC; contact angle; additive; ozonation
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The surface modification mechanism of polyvinyl chloride ( PVC) by ozonation was investigated to study the selective hydrophilization of PVC surface among other plastics. Infrared analysis confirmed the increase of hydrophilic groups. XPS analysis revealed that the increase was due to the structural change in chlorine group in PVC to hydroxylic acid, ketone, and carboxylic groups by ozonation. This chemical reaction by ozone could occur only for polymers with chlorides in its structure and resulted in the selective hydrophilization of PVC among various polymers.
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