Influence of plasma surface treatment on sensing performance of flexible conductive fiber

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• Author:plasma cleaning machine-surface treatment equipment-CRF plasma machine-Sing Fung Intelligent Manufacturing
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• Time of issue:2021-04-23
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(Summary description)PPY (polypyrrole) is a kind of polymer material, with high conductivity, good environmental stability and less toxicity, due to its brittleness, so it is difficult to be processed and directly applied. PPY-coated XLA fibers, due to their strain sensitivity, can be used as a flexible sensor under large strain conditions. But because XLA fibers have a very smooth surface, they require special treatment before they can be coated with conventional chemical vapor deposition. Influence of plasma surface treatment on sensing performance of flexible conductive fiber Plasma treatment can change the surface roughness of fiber. It makes PPY more easily attached to the fiber surface and increases its contact strength with the fiber. The mechanical and strain sensing properties of the conductive XLA fibers treated with different plasma treatment times (5 and 15 min) were compared. Plasma treatment has little effect on the mechanical properties of the fibers, but has great effect on the strain sensing properties of the conductive fibers. Conductive fibers include fibers that conduct electricity themselves or insulating fibers with conductive coatings. Because the conductive fiber itself is flexible and conductive properties. As a kind of sensing material, more and more attention has been paid. Micro/nano scale of PPy apply high elastic fabric surface, because the coating and the body's two materials elastic modulus of the larger differences, PPy under the condition of large strain can produce many micro/nano scales on the fiber surface of small crack, resulting in obvious changes in resistance of the conductive fiber, thus can be applied to flexible perception of large strain sensor. Plasma ionization of "gas", it presents a highly stimulating the unstable state, gas internal charged particles accelerated motion, collision, energy transmission, ionization, discharge to produce ultraviolet, visible light, such as, excitation of the particles, can and the surrounding material produces chemical reaction, some reaction is almost cannot occur under normal conditions, Therefore, plasma has special processing effect. The treatment process is to produce plasma from inert gas or oxygen-containing gas by means of discharge, high-frequency electromagnetic oscillation, shock and high-energy radiation. After plasma treatment, the originally smooth fiber surface was etched uneven, increasing the roughness of the fiber surface, so that the originally smooth XLA fiber is easier to combine with the PPy coating.