Surface Damage of PVC Polymers during XPS Analysis

Autor: Kazunaka Endo, S. Koizumi, Shigehiro Maeda, Hidetoshi Miura, Kenji Hyodo, Christophe Bureau, Kazuchiyo Takaoka
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Journal of Surface Analysis. 9:471-476
ISSN: 1347-8400
1341-1756
Popis: 金沢大学ナノマテリアル研究所 / 金沢大学理工研究域数物科学系 / 金沢大学大学院自然科学研究科物質情報解析
We examined surface damage for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sample after 260 minutes at an unmonochromated Al Kα X-ray source power at 600 W, because PVC decomposes very quickly due to the X-ray irradiation. The pendant Cl groups of the PVC were estimated to cleave more rapidly than C-C bonds in the main chains from two-center bond energies calculated by AM1 method using the model pentamer. The valence XPS of the polymer at the initial time, and after 120 and 260 minutes of X-ray irradiation were analyzed by deMon density-functional theory (DFT) calculations using the model pentamer. The simulated results afforded us that the pendant Cl groups of PVC cleave mainly due to the X-ray radiation.
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