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A study of the effect of plasma treatments on the mechanical properties and adhesion of ultra-high strength polyethylene fibres to epoxy resin is reported. Fibres were treated with ammonia plasma under various time and power conditions. The fibre/matrix interfacial shear strength was measured using load and fibre pull-out data obtained in a single-fibre pull-out test. The debonding was optically as well as acoustically monitored. Optical birefringence patterns were visible at the fibre debond region. Acoustic emission signals generated from debonding and stick-slip processes were also detected. A more than four-fold increase in the interfacial shear strength was achieved by plasma treating the fibres at the discharging condition of 30 W and 0.5 torr for 1 min. The birefringence patterns showed, qualitatively, that the shear in the matrix around the fibres increased for treated fibres and extended further into the matrix material. Surface topography of the pulled out fibres showed that the failure mode was unchanged by the treatment.
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Li, Z.F., Netravali, A.N. & Sachse, W. Ammonia plasma treatment of ultra-high strength polyethylene fibres for improved adhesion to epoxy resin. J Mater Sci 27, 4625–4632 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01165997
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