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- 2022Shear exfoliated few-layer graphene and cellulose nanocrystal composite as biocompatible anode with efficient charge transfercitations
- 2020Electrochemical synthesis of 3D microstructured composite films of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) and reduced nanographene oxidecitations
- 2020Fast high-shear exfoliation of natural flake graphite with temperature control and high yieldcitations
- 2019Reduced graphene oxide as water, carbon dioxide and oxygen barrier in plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) films
- 2017Improved water barrier properties of polylactic acid films with an amorphous hydrogenated carbon (a-C:H) coatingcitations
- 2016Few-layer graphene and polyaniline composite as ion-to-electron transducer in silicone rubber solid-contact ion-selective electrodescitations
- 2015Application of composites of graphene derivatives and conducting polymers in solid-state electrochemical sensors
- 2014Dispersible composites of exfoliated graphite and polyaniline with improved electrochemical behaviour for solid-state chemical sensor applicationscitations
- 2014Electrochemical synthesis of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) in aqueous dispersion of high porosity reduced graphene oxidecitations
- 2014Biocomposites of Nanofibrillated Cellulose, Polypyrrole, and Silver Nanoparticles with Electroconductive and Antimicrobial Propertiescitations
- 2013Potential cycling stability of graphene and conducting polymer based composite materials for supercapacitor applications
- 2012Electropolymerization of Conducting Polymers in Graphene Oxide Solutions
- 2004The influence of lipophilic additives on the emeraldine base-emeraldine salt transition of polyanilinecitations
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Improved water barrier properties of polylactic acid films with an amorphous hydrogenated carbon (a-C:H) coating
Abstract
For the first time a 120 nm thick layer of amorphous hydrogenated carbon (a-C:H) deposited on top of 50 μm thick polylactic acid (PLA) films with radio-frequency plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition has been used as barrier to impede water diffusion through free-standing PLA films. Surface structures were examined by AFM and the water uptake was measured with Fourier transform infrared attenuated total reflection (FTIR-ATR) spectroscopy, a powerful technique for studying the diffusion of water through polymeric membranes. We have compared the water uptake of uncoated and a-C:H coated PLA films by placing the initially dry films in contact with deionized water for 24 h and monitoring the time-dependent absorbance changes in the FTIR spectra of the OH stretching bands of water in the wavenumber region of 2960–3750 cm−1. Mathematical modeling revealed that the water uptake was best described with a model consisting of three diffusion coefficients ascribed to monomeric and dimeric, clustered and bulk water having values between 1.1 × 10−8 and 2.6 × 10−10 cm2s−1. We show that the thin a-C:H layer effectively decreased the water uptake of PLA with 55% after a contact time of 24 h and even more at shorter times.