AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Applied Surface Science Tuesday Sessions
       Session AS-TuA

Paper AS-TuA10
Probing the Polymer-Glass Interface to Understand Adhesion in Laminate Structures

Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 4:40 pm, Room 207

Session: Practical Surface Analysis
Presenter: K.M. Stika, DuPont
Authors: K.M. Stika, DuPont
D.G. Swartzfager, DuPont
D. Huang, DuPont
R.L. Smith, DuPont
D.E. Davidson, DuPont
R.L. Agostinelli, DuPont
D. Brill, DuPont
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Our ability to optimize and consistently control polymer-glass adhesion is an important property in many glass laminate applications. This poster will review recent rate-dependent peel testing studies that highlight significant differences in adhesion performance between polymer encapsulants and glass surfaces. Coupling quantitative AFM (Atomic Force Microscopy) with XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy) and ToF-SIMS (Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry) analyses of the debonded layers has provided new understanding linking adhesion failure mode with interfacial chemistry.