JPH02208326A - Rendering surface of plastic molding hydrophilic - Google Patents

Rendering surface of plastic molding hydrophilic

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JPH02208326A
JPH02208326A JP1028417A JP2841789A JPH02208326A JP H02208326 A JPH02208326 A JP H02208326A JP 1028417 A JP1028417 A JP 1028417A JP 2841789 A JP2841789 A JP 2841789A JP H02208326 A JPH02208326 A JP H02208326A
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isopropylacrylamide
solution
hydrophilic
poly
plastic molding
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JPH0555540B2 (en
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Norinaga Fujishige
昇永 藤重
Kazuhiko Koiwai
小祝 和彦
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National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology AIST
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Abstract

PURPOSE:To render the surface of a molding hydrophilic without corrosion of an apparatus and danger to the human body by surface-treating a plastic molding of a low surface energy with a poly-N-isopropylacrylamide solution. CONSTITUTION:A plastic molding of a low surface energy, such as a polyfluorocarbon or polyolefin, is immersed in or coated with a solution of 0.1-5% poly-N-isopropylacrylamide of a weight-average MW of 50000-6000000 in, e.g. water.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 産業上の利用分野 本発明は、低い表面エネルギーをもつグラスチック成形
体の表面の親水化方法、さらに詳しくいえば、本発明は
、低い表面エネルギーをもつため臨界表面張力が低く、
水または水性溶媒のような比較的高い表面張力をもつ液
体に濡れにくい性質を有するポリフルオロカーボンやポ
リオレフィンのような固体表面を親水化するだめの新規
な製造方法に関するものである。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention relates to a method for hydrophilizing the surface of a glass molded article having a low surface energy. is low;
The present invention relates to a novel manufacturing method for making the surface of a solid such as polyfluorocarbon or polyolefin hydrophilic, which has the property of being difficult to wet with a liquid having a relatively high surface tension such as water or an aqueous solvent.

従来の技術 ポリフルオロカーボンやポリオレフィンのようなプラス
チックは、表面エネルギーが低いため、水や水性溶媒と
の親和性を欠き、これらを含む液状組成物による表面被
覆、印刷、接着などの際に十分な効果が得られないとい
う欠点がある。
Conventional Technology Plastics such as polyfluorocarbons and polyolefins have low surface energy and lack affinity with water and aqueous solvents, making it difficult to use liquid compositions containing these materials to be sufficiently effective for surface coating, printing, adhesion, etc. The disadvantage is that it cannot be obtained.

これまで、このようなプラスチックを素材とした成形体
の表面の親水化する方法としては、グロー放電、プラズ
マジェットのような高エネルギー活性線の照射により、
表面の水素引き抜きやフッ素引き抜きを行い活性化する
方法、ポリオレフィンの成形体をクロム硫酸液に浸せき
する方法、ポリフルオロカーボンの成形体を、ナトリウ
ムナフタレンのテトラヒドロフラン溶液やアルカリ金属
の水銀アマルガムで処理する方法などが知られている。
Up until now, methods for making the surface of molded bodies made of plastic materials hydrophilic include glow discharge, irradiation with high-energy actinic radiation such as plasma jet, etc.
A method of activating by abstracting hydrogen or fluorine from the surface, a method of immersing a molded polyolefin in a chromium sulfuric acid solution, a method of treating a molded polyfluorocarbon with a solution of sodium naphthalene in tetrahydrofuran or a mercury amalgam of an alkali metal, etc. It has been known.

しかしながら、高エネルギー活性線を照射する方法は、
特殊な設備や装置を必要とするために、工業的方法とし
ては不適当であるし、クロム硫酸液、ナトリウムナフタ
レン、アルカリ金属などの処理剤を用いる方法は、これ
らが金属に対し腐食性を示すために、取り扱いにくい上
に、作業にも危険を伴うという欠点がある。
However, the method of irradiating with high-energy actinic rays is
It is unsuitable as an industrial method because it requires special equipment and equipment, and methods that use processing agents such as chromium sulfuric acid solution, sodium naphthalene, and alkali metals are corrosive to metals. Therefore, it is difficult to handle and is dangerous to work with.

発明が解決しようとする課題 本発明は、従来方法の欠点を克服し、簡単な操作で、し
かも装置の腐食、人体への危険を伴うことなく、各種プ
ラスチック成形体の表面を親水化するための処理方法を
提供することを目的としてなされたものである。
Problems to be Solved by the Invention The present invention overcomes the drawbacks of conventional methods and provides a method for making the surfaces of various plastic molded objects hydrophilic with simple operation and without corrosion of equipment or danger to the human body. This was done for the purpose of providing a processing method.

課題を解決するための手段 本発明者らは、低い表面エネルギーをもつプラスチック
成形体の表面を親水化する簡単で安全性の高い方法を開
発するために鋭意研究を重ねた結果、ポリN−イソプロ
ピルアクリルアミド溶液を用いて表面処理を行うことに
より、前記の目的を達成しうろことを見出し、この知見
に基づいて本発明を完成するに至った。
Means for Solving the Problems The present inventors have conducted intensive research to develop a simple and highly safe method for making the surface of a plastic molded article with low surface energy hydrophilic, and as a result, they have found that polyN-isopropyl It has been discovered that the above object can be achieved by surface treatment using an acrylamide solution, and the present invention has been completed based on this knowledge.

すなわち、本発明は低い表面エネルギーをもつプラスチ
ック成形体をポリN−イソプロピルアクリルアミド溶液
により表面処理することを特徴と以下、本発明の詳細な
説明する。
That is, the present invention is characterized in that a plastic molded article having a low surface energy is surface-treated with a poly-N-isopropylacrylamide solution.The present invention will be described in detail below.

本発明における低いエネルギーをもつプラスチックとし
ての代表的な例としては、ポリフルオロカーボン、ポリ
オレフィンを挙げることができる。
Typical examples of plastics with low energy in the present invention include polyfluorocarbons and polyolefins.

また、本発明方法に用いられるポリN−イソプロピルア
クリルアミドは、重量平均分子量5万〜600万の範囲
のものが適当である。このものは、通常濃度帆1〜5%
の溶液として用いられる。この溶液の溶媒としては水又
は親水性溶媒あるいはこれらの混合物が好ましい。
The poly N-isopropylacrylamide used in the method of the present invention preferably has a weight average molecular weight in the range of 50,000 to 6,000,000. This stuff usually has a concentration of 1 to 5%.
It is used as a solution. The solvent for this solution is preferably water, a hydrophilic solvent, or a mixture thereof.

なお、ポリN−イソプロピルアクリルアミドと類似の化
学構造をもつポリアクリルアミドやポリN、N’−ジメ
チルアクリルアミドなどを用いた場合には、所望の親水
化が得られないことから、これはポリN−イソプロピル
アクリルアミドに特有の性質に由来するものと推測され
る。
Note that if polyacrylamide or polyN,N'-dimethylacrylamide, which has a chemical structure similar to polyN-isopropylacrylamide, is used, the desired hydrophilization cannot be obtained, so polyN-isopropylacrylamide is used. This is presumed to be due to properties specific to acrylamide.

本発明方法は、プラスチック成形体の表面にポリN−イ
ソプロピルアクリルアミド溶液を塗布するか、あるいは
プラスチック成形体をポリN−イソプロピルアミド溶液
中に浸せきすることによって行われる。その際のプラス
チック表面における反応は次の如く進行する。
The method of the present invention is carried out by applying a poly-N-isopropylacrylamide solution to the surface of a plastic molded article, or by immersing the plastic molded article in a poly-N-isopropylacrylamide solution. The reaction on the plastic surface at that time proceeds as follows.

すなわち、プラスチックとポリN−イソプロピルアクリ
ルアミドが接触すると、その表面に対してポリN−イソ
プロピルアクリルアミドの側鎖構造単位に含まれる疎水
性基が選択的に吸着した超薄膜層が形成され、かつ同じ
側鎖構造単位に含まれる親水性基はこのようにして形成
される超薄膜層が疎水結合している面とは反対側に分布
する。
In other words, when plastic and polyN-isopropylacrylamide come into contact, an ultra-thin film layer is formed on the surface in which hydrophobic groups contained in the side chain structural units of polyN-isopropylacrylamide are selectively adsorbed, and The hydrophilic groups contained in the chain structural units are distributed on the side opposite to the surface where the ultra-thin film layer formed in this way has hydrophobic bonds.

その結果、プラスチック表面がこのようにして形成され
るポリN−イソプロピルアクリルアミドからなる分子レ
ベルの非対称構造をもつ超薄膜を介して親水化される。
As a result, the plastic surface is made hydrophilic through the ultra-thin film made of polyN-isopropylacrylamide and having an asymmetric structure at the molecular level.

発明の効果 本発明は、表面エネルギーの低いポリ・フルオロカーボ
ンやポリオレフィンのようなプラスチック成形体の表面
を、簡単な操作でかつ高い安全性で容易に親水化しうる
ので、コーティング、印刷、実施例 次に、実施例により本発明をさらに詳細に説明する。
Effects of the Invention The present invention can easily hydrophilize the surface of plastic molded products such as polyfluorocarbons and polyolefins with low surface energy with simple operations and high safety. The present invention will be explained in more detail with reference to Examples.

実施例1 重量平均分子量が約60万のポリN−イソプロピルアク
リルアミドを水に溶解して、約帆5%の希薄水溶液に調
製する。この希薄な高分子水溶液の表面張力は室温付近
で約48ダイン/cmである。
Example 1 Poly N-isopropylacrylamide having a weight average molecular weight of approximately 600,000 is dissolved in water to prepare a dilute aqueous solution having a concentration of approximately 5%. The surface tension of this dilute aqueous polymer solution is about 48 dynes/cm near room temperature.

この希薄溶液中にあらかじめ清浄化しであるポリフルオ
ロカーボン製の平板を浸せきしたところ、約5秒間でこ
の平板の表面へのポリN−イソプロピルアクリルアミド
の側鎖構造に含まれる疎水性基の選択的吸着が完了した
。取り出して風乾したのち、この表面の純水に対する接
触角を実測すると平均22度であった。なお、未処理の
状態でのポリフルオロカーボンの平板表面の純水に対す
る接触角は平均122度であった。
When a previously cleaned polyfluorocarbon flat plate was immersed in this dilute solution, hydrophobic groups contained in the side chain structure of polyN-isopropylacrylamide were selectively adsorbed onto the surface of the flat plate in about 5 seconds. Completed. After taking it out and air-drying it, the contact angle of the surface with pure water was actually measured and found to be 22 degrees on average. The contact angle of the untreated polyfluorocarbon plate surface with pure water was 122 degrees on average.

実施例2 ポリN−イソプロピルアクリルアミドとして重量平均分
子量が5万のものを用いた以外は、実施例1と同様に処
理し、実施例1と同様の結果を得lこ。
Example 2 The same procedure as in Example 1 was carried out except that poly N-isopropylacrylamide having a weight average molecular weight of 50,000 was used, and the same results as in Example 1 were obtained.

実施例3 ポリN−イソプロピルアクリルアミドとして重量平均分
子量が600万のものを用いた以外は、実施例1と同様
に処理し、実施例1のそれと同様の結果を得た。このこ
とよりポリN−イソプロピルアクリルアミドについては
、重量平均分子量が5万から600万までの範囲で効果
が同一であり、分子量依存性はないことが分る。
Example 3 The same process as in Example 1 was carried out, except that poly N-isopropylacrylamide having a weight average molecular weight of 6 million was used, and the same results as in Example 1 were obtained. This shows that for polyN-isopropylacrylamide, the effect is the same when the weight average molecular weight is in the range of 50,000 to 6,000,000, and there is no dependence on molecular weight.

実施例4 実施例1に用いたポリN−イソプロピルアクリルアミド
の希薄水溶液にあらかじめ表面を清浄化しである高密度
ポリエチレン類の平板を浸せきしたところ、10秒間で
この平板の表面への選択的吸着が達成された。次にこの
平板を取り出して風乾したのち、この表面の純水に対す
る接触角を実測したところ、平均22度であった。なお
、未処比較例1 重量平均分子量が33万のポリN、N−ジメチルアクリ
ルアミドを純水に溶解して1%希薄溶液を調製し、ポリ
フルオロカーボンの平板に実施例1と同じ条件で表面処
理を施したのち、このポリフルオロカーボン製平板表面
の純水に対する接触角を実測したところ平均122度で
、表面の性質は不変であった。
Example 4 When a flat plate of high-density polyethylene whose surface had been previously cleaned was immersed in the dilute aqueous solution of polyN-isopropylacrylamide used in Example 1, selective adsorption onto the surface of the flat plate was achieved in 10 seconds. It was done. Next, this flat plate was taken out and air-dried, and the contact angle of the surface with pure water was actually measured, and the average was 22 degrees. In addition, untreated comparative example 1 poly N,N-dimethylacrylamide having a weight average molecular weight of 330,000 was dissolved in pure water to prepare a 1% dilute solution, and a polyfluorocarbon flat plate was surface treated under the same conditions as in Example 1. The contact angle of the surface of this polyfluorocarbon flat plate with pure water was actually measured to be 122 degrees on average, and the surface properties remained unchanged.

比較例2 重量平均分子量が58万のポリアクリルアミドの1%希
薄水溶液を調製して、ポリフルオロカーボンの平板に実
施例1と同じ条件で表面処理を施したのち、このポリフ
ルオロカーボン製平板表面の純水に対する接触角を実測
したところ平均122度で、表面の性質は不変であった
Comparative Example 2 A 1% dilute aqueous solution of polyacrylamide with a weight average molecular weight of 580,000 was prepared, and a polyfluorocarbon flat plate was subjected to surface treatment under the same conditions as in Example 1. When the contact angle was actually measured, the average was 122 degrees, and the surface properties remained unchanged.

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 1 低い表面エネルギーをもつプラスチック成形体をポ
リN−イソプロピルアクリルアミド溶液により表面処理
することを特徴とするプラスチック成形体表面の親水化
方法。
1. A method for making the surface of a plastic molded object hydrophilic, which comprises treating the surface of a plastic molded object with a low surface energy with a poly-N-isopropylacrylamide solution.
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