Pacific Rim Symposium on Surfaces, Coatings and Interfaces (PacSurf 2016)
    Energy Harvesting & Storage Monday Sessions
       Session EH-MoM

Paper EH-MoM2
In-situ FTIR Spectroscopy of Water Adsorption on Alkali-free Glass Surfaces

Monday, December 12, 2016, 8:20 am, Room Lehua

Session: Surfaces & Interfaces for Environmental Processes
Presenter: Nicholas J. Smith, CORNING Incorporated
Authors: N.J. Smith, CORNING Incorporated
G.P. Agnello, CORNING Incorporated
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The adsorption of water on glass surfaces is believed to be critical in mediating a number of surface properties, and is particularly relevant for alkali-free multicomponent glasses used as display substrates when considering attributes like coating adhesion or electrostatic charging. Prior observations on similar glasses, as well as silica, have yielded intriguing observations about the capacity, the kinetics, and especially the structure of water that chemically or physically adsorbs on glass surfaces. In this work, we report on application of in-situ FTIR spectroscopy methods to experimentally investigate the nature of water adsorbed on planar alkali-free glass surfaces as a function of humidity and vacuum pre-treatment, shedding light on the content and structure of adsorbed water.