Deposition of nanocomposite coatings on wood using cold discharges at atmospheric pressure

Autor: A. Koronai, Luc Stafford, Jacopo Profili, Nicolas Gherardi, O. Levasseur
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Surface and Coatings Technology. 309:729-737
ISSN: 0257-8972
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2016.10.095
Popis: This work examines the synthesis of nanocomposite thin films on wood (sugar maple, Acer saccharum , Marsh) surfaces via a one-step process in an atmospheric pressure dielectric barrier discharge (DBD). More specifically, ZnO-SiO 2 nanocomposite coatings are obtained from the atomization in the DBD reactor operated in N 2 /N 2 O (Townsend discharge) of a stable colloidal suspension. This suspension is made of crystalline ZnO nanoparticles (NPs) dispersed in hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) and pentane (Pe). Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) combined with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) show ZnO agglomerates well embedded into a dense SiO 2 matrix. The chemical composition and the thickness of the matrix is analyzed through Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) coupled to ellipsometry measurements. SEM further reveals a lumpy morphology; a feature ascribed to the intrinsic roughness of the wood samples.
Databáze: OpenAIRE