nick rimmer vp filtration and business development, p2i · vacuum plasma deposition of water and...
TRANSCRIPT
![Page 1: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings
Nick Rimmer
VP – Filtration and Business Development, P2i
![Page 2: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
2
• Introduction
• Liquid Repellent Coating Technologies
• Pulsed Plasma Deposition Process
• Results and Impact on Product Performance
• Discussion
Contents
2
![Page 3: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
3
Liquid Repellency
Low surface energy coatings reduce the interaction between liquids and surfaces Liquids tend to bead-up and roll-off
![Page 4: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
4
Applications of Liquid Repellent Materials
Advanced air filtration Performance textiles
![Page 5: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
5
• Standard approaches to creating liquid repellency:
1. Use a material that is naturally liquid repellent
2. Spray coat
3. Screen or spread coat
4. Dip-coat
Standard Technologies
![Page 6: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
6
• Limited number of materials have any natural repellency
• Poor adhesion to substrates
• Blocks pore structure in breathable media
• High chemical usage
• Requirement for additional heat treatment or curing step
Limitations of Standard Approaches
![Page 7: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
7
Bulk vs Surface Properties
Colour Roughness Corrosion performance Liquid repellency Flame retardency
Weight Strength Compressibility Thermal expansion Melting point
Some properties are defined by the bulk, others by the surface…
Nano-coating gives us the opportunity to change the surface with the thinnest possible coating without changing the bulk properties
![Page 8: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
8
Plasma Coatings
Plasma is the 4th state of matter:
Solid Liquid Plasma
Energy
+
+
+
-
+
+
e
e
e
e
e
e
- -
- -
-
-
-
-
Plasma processes can be used to create thin, high quality coatings on the surface of virtually any object
![Page 9: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
9
• Liquid repellent nano-coating that bonds to a surface
• Originally developed for use by the UK military
• Coating thickness is 1/1,000th the width of a human hair
• Makes an object hydrophobic (water repellent) & oleophobic (oil repellent) without changing how it looks or feels
• Can be applied to any 2D or 3D object – fully manufactured products or raw materials
What is P2i’s technology?
9
![Page 10: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
10
• P2i was spun-out from the UK Ministry of Defence in January 2004
• We operate across multiple market sectors
• We provide liquid repellent technologies for high-volume manufacturing
• Patented technology to achieve the highest possible levels of repellency
Introduction to P2i
10
![Page 11: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
11
Typical Products Treated
![Page 12: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
12
PTFE
‘Benchmark’ low surface energy coating
(surface free energy 18 mN/m)
High levels of liquid repellency to low surface tension liquids (surface free energy 7 mN/m)
P2i Technology
What is the coating?
![Page 13: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
13
RF Plasma
Surface activation Surface attachment
Growth of coating Finished coating
Pulsed RF Plasma + Monomer
Plasma Polymerization
![Page 14: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
14
• Conventional plasmas fragment the monomer
• The pulsed plasma retains the monomer structure
leading to the highest levels of liquid repellency
Continuous vs. Pulsed Wave Plasmas
![Page 15: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
15
Functionality Retention
FTIR Spectroscopy (c) Deposition with continuous plasma (b) Deposition with pulsed plasma (a) Monomer
![Page 16: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
16
Process Machines
• Roll-to-roll, sheet, or finished product processing
![Page 17: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
17
Roll-to-roll Processing Machine
• Full servo-motor control for excellent web tension and speed control
• Easy access for load/unload
![Page 18: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
18
Schematic Hardware Configuration
Monomer vapour and gas inlet
Vacuum Pump
RF Plasma Electrodes
Unwind / rewind rolls
![Page 19: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
19
Measuring Water and Oil Repellency
Rating % Water % IPA
W10 0 100
W9 10 90
W8 20 80
W7 30 70
W6 40 60
W5 50 50
W4 60 40
W3 70 30
W2 80 20
W1 90 10
W0 100 0
Easy to repel
Hard to repel
Rating Alkane Formula
O10 Pentane C5H12
O9 Hexane C6H14
O8 Heptane C7H16
O7 Octane C8H18
O6 Decane C10H22
O5 Dodecane C12H26
O4 Tetradecane C14H28
O3 Hexadecane C16H34
O2 65 % Kaydol: 35% Hexadecane
O1 Kaydol
AATCC118-2002 oil repellency scale 3M water repellency scale
![Page 20: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
20
• Water repellency of P2i treated membranes
Water Repellency
-1
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Nylon PES PP PTFE
Wat
er R
epel
len
cy R
atin
g
Untreated Nano-coating
![Page 21: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
21
Oil Repellency
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Nylon PES PP PTFE
Untreated Nano-coating
Oil
rep
elle
ncy
rat
ing
• Oil repellency on filtration media
![Page 22: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
22
Measuring Water Repellency
• Contact angle measurement
Material
Average contact angle (ᵒ)
Untreated
Average contact angle (ᵒ)
P2i Treated
PEEK film 82 122
Spunbond PP 125 142
PVDF film 120 139
![Page 23: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
23
Effect on Pore Structure
The coating is too thin to block the pore structure in breathable materials:
Untreated PP (0.2 micron), 15000x P2i Treated PP (0.2 micron), 15000x
Untreated PTFE (0.2 micron), 15000x P2i Treated PTFE (0.2 micron), 15000x
![Page 24: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Standard Membrane Treatment Technology
24
Side A Side B
![Page 25: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
P2i Plasma Treatment Technology
25
Side A Side B
![Page 26: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
26
Breathability / Airflow
Material Airflow BEFORE Treatment cm3 cm-2 s-1
Airflow AFTER Treatment cm3 cm-2 s-1
% Change
Polyester spunbond 9.30 9.60 + 3.0 %
Cellulose/nanofibre filter media 12.10 12.08 - 0.5 %
Polyether Sulfone filter media 2.58 2.50 - 3.1 %
Microporous polyurethane 0.042 0.039 - 7.8 %
PTFE spun nanofibre 2.86 2.77 - 3.0 %
ePTFE membrane 0.151 0.118 - 22 %
Measurements performed at 125 MPa pressure using TexTest FX3300.
![Page 27: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
27
Plasma enhancement of web based materials :
• Tailoring of surface properties to meet product requirements
• Minimal effect on airflow for porous media
• Non-leaching
• Resistance to steam sterilization and irradiation
Benefits for Web Based Materials
![Page 28: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
28
• Surface modification provides a method to improve product performance
• Plasma processing can modify the surface without affecting bulk properties
• The P2i pulsed plasma process can be used to generate the highest levels of water and oil repellency
• The process is applied at the industrial scale on roll-to-roll processing equipment
Concluding Remarks
![Page 29: Nick Rimmer VP Filtration and Business Development, P2i · Vacuum Plasma Deposition of Water and Oil Repellent Nano-coatings Nick Rimmer VP – Filtration and Business Development,](https://reader033.vdocuments.us/reader033/viewer/2022041423/5e20b465b267715aca4f1c4f/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
Thank-you for listening !