Flame Plasma Treatment Technologies: Features and Application Benefits

The practicality of using flame treatment to create reactive surfaces has been known since the 1950s. Improvements in the surface adhesion properties of polyolefin films, foams, and paper-based materials have been realized by oxidizing and polarization effects. Flame treatment typically creates fixed levels of oxidized species on the surface of films, along with the formation of hydroxyl, carboxyl and carbonyl functionalities. Treatment (oxidation) depths vary by substrate, as does the generation of low molecular weight organic material at the surface.