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The effect of high-dose nitrogen plasma immersion ion implantation on silicone surfaces

Imad F Husein1, Chung Chan1, Shu Qin1,3 and Paul K Chu2

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The effect of plasma immersion ion implantation (PIII) treatment on silicone surfaces was investigated by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR-ATR), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Low-energy (at voltages of 4 and 8 kV) and high-fluence (8×1017 cm-2) implantation of nitrogen was performed using an inductively coupled plasma source (ICP) at low pressure (~0.03 Pa). The IR absorption spectra showed a significant decomposition in the CH3, Si-CH3, and C-F groups of the silicone surface after PIII treatment. The percentage of decomposition was dependent on the implantation energy. The XPS C 1s spectra of the PIII modified surfaces showed an increase in the polar carboxyl (O-C=O) groups and a decrease in the CF3 groups. PIII treatment shifted the XPS Si 2p peak of silicone to a higher binding energy (around 103.2 eV) and the N 1s peak to lower binding energy (around 398.5 eV). The modified Si 2p, N 1s, and O 1s spectra suggest the formation of SiOx phases, silicon oxynitrides, and silicon nitrides on the silicone surface after PIII treatment.


PACS

52.77.Dq Plasma-based ion implantation and deposition

73.20.At Surface states, band structure, electron density of states

68.47.Mn Polymer surfaces

68.37.Hk Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (including EBIC)

79.60.Fr Polymers; organic compounds

Subjects

Soft matter, liquids and polymers

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Surfaces, interfaces and thin films

Plasma physics

Dates

Issue 22 (21 November 2000)

Received 10 May 2000



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