Abstract The wide-ranging applications of industrial polymers are limited due to their poor surface properties like low free energy, dynamic nature, and ineffective adhesion with self or other polymers. Over the past decade, there has been a continuous growth in the demand of polymers and polymer composites leading to a lot of research efforts on surface modification strategies. Out of the different approaches used for polymer surface modifications, plasma treatment has been found to be one of the most suitable means for increasing the surface energy and adhesion strength through irreversible reactions between dangling bonds on plasma exposed surfaces. This paper reviews the reported literature in the area of plasma modified polymeric surfaces and corresponding changes in their adhesion properties. It also focuses on the retention of plasma modified surface properties of the polymers. The short-term effectiveness of plasma modified surfaces is a major challenge in the field of polymer surface modification. Various aspects of polymer adhesion such as the underlying mechanism of adhesion, the plasma-based surface treatment process, extensive surface characterization studies, and adhesion measurement techniques are briefly explained for a proper understanding of the area. The paper also considers the literature reported for time-dependent change of surface properties and the adhesion performance of plasma modified polymers. Despite the several efforts for the surface modification of polymers, the long-term storage of modified surface properties is still a challenge, and further research is warranted in this area to span the polymer applications domain to industrial needs.

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工业聚合物的等离子体辅助表面改变以改善粘合剂粘合

摘要 工业聚合物由于其表面性质较差，如自由能低、动态特性以及与自身或其他聚合物的无效粘合，限制了其广泛的应用。在过去的十年中，聚合物和聚合物复合材料的需求不断增长，导致对表面改性策略的大量研究工作。在用于聚合物表面改性的不同方法中，已发现等离子体处理是通过等离子体暴露表面上的悬空键之间的不可逆反应来增加表面能和粘合强度的最合适的方法之一。本文回顾了等离子体改性聚合物表面领域的报道文献及其粘附性能的相应变化。它还侧重于保持聚合物的等离子体改性表面特性。等离子体改性表面的短期有效性是聚合物表面改性领域的主要挑战。简要解释了聚合物粘附的各个方面，例如粘附的潜在机制、基于等离子体的表面处理工艺、广泛的表面表征研究和粘附测量技术，以便正确理解该领域。该论文还考虑了有关表面性质随时间变化的文献和等离子体改性聚合物的粘附性能。尽管为聚合物的表面改性做出了一些努力，但改性表面特性的长期储存仍然是一个挑战，