Surface treatment of glass

The surface treatment of glass with plasma technology has been established in practice for many years. Without pre-treatment glass has a typical surface energy of 47mN/m. After plasma treatment, the surface energy increases significantly. Treatment with the high-power plasma system plasmabrush PB3 achieves a surface energy of >72mN/m and with the handheld plasma unit piezobrush PZ2 a surface energy of >67mN/n. Test inks according to DIN ISO 8296 were used for the test.

Application example: bonding glass

A typical application example is bonding glass. The following table shows the improvement of the average adhesive strength after plasma treatment compared to untreated glass substrates.

• 06.12.2019

  Plasma activation of CFRP and glass

  

  The Max Planck Institute for Astronomy uses the piezobrush PZ2 for plasma activation of CFRP and glass/glass ceramic adhesive surfaces.

• 14.10.2019

  Plasma in microfluidics

  

  Sabine Schmidt from ISAT at Coburg University reports on the use of plasma in microfluidics to achieve a connection between PDMS and glass substrate.

• 14.08.2019

  Reference: TAZ Spiegelau

  

  TAZ Spiegelau is researching on the coating of glass beads with plasma from the plasmabrush PB3.

• 30.04.2019

  Adhesion improvement glass and PDMS

  

  During a visit to the laboratory of biofluid mechanics at OTH Regensburg, experiments to improve the adhesion of glass and PDMS with plasma took place.

• 12.03.2019

  Pre-treatment for glas printing

  

  How can you prepare glass for digital printing to create a durable product? We provide a brief overview of pre-treatment for glas printing.

• 17.06.2016

  Inorganic materials

  

  With plasma also inorganic materials are treatable.