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Abstract

Two methods—attenuated total reflection Fourier infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)—have been used to analyze the chemical structure of polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) thin coatings deposited by pulsed laser (PLD) and pulsed electron beam (PED) ablations. The volume of the analyzed materials is significantly different in these techniques which can be of great importance in the characterization of highly heterogeneous thin films. Optical microscopy, atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have been additionally used to examine the coating surface morphology. The studies have shown that in the case of thin polymer coatings deposited by physical methods, the application for chemical structure evaluation of complementary techniques, with different surface sensitivity, together with the use of surface topography imaging, provide unique insight into the film morphology. The results can provide information contributing to an in-depth understanding of the deposition mechanism of polymer coatings.

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Title
XPS and FTIR Studies of Polytetrafluoroethylene Thin Films Obtained by Physical Methods
Author
Piwowarczyk, Joanna 1 ; Jędrzejewski, Roman 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Moszyński, Dariusz 3 ; Kwiatkowski, Konrad 4 ; Niemczyk, Agata 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Baranowska, Jolanta 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, al. Piastow 19, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland; [email protected] (A.N.); [email protected] (J.B.) 
 Łukasiewicz Research Network–PORT Polish Center for Technology Development, ul. Stabłowicka 147, 54-066 Wrocław, Poland; [email protected] 
 West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Institute of Inorganic Chemical Technology and Environment Engineering, al. Piastow 42, 71-065 Szczecin, Poland; [email protected] 
 West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Department of Mechanics and Fundamentals of Machine Design, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland; [email protected] 
First page
1629
Publication year
2019
Publication date
2019
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20734360
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2557236889
Copyright
© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.