Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1686110 | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms | 2006 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
Poly(propylene) foils were irradiated with Ag ions and then chemically etched to produce samples with structured surfaces. After the etching procedure the active sites that remain on the latent track were used to graft acrylic acid. Nuclear tracks before grafting were visualised using a transmission electron microscope. The grafting yields were determined by weight measurements as a function of ion fluence, etching and grafting time, and were also analysed using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Both measurements suggest that the acrylic acid was grafted on etched tracks using the active sites produced by the swift heavy ion beam.
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Authors
R. Mazzei, G. GarcÃa Bermúdez, V.C. Chappa, M.F. del Grosso, A. Fernandez,