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Good practical adhesion of sputter-deposited Cu is achieved to poly(tetrafluoroethylene-co-perfluoropropyl vinyl ether) (PFA) surfaces at short treatment times of vacuum UV (VUV) photo-oxidation downstream from Ar microwave (MW) plasma. Factors contributing to the adhesion include: (1) an improvement in wettability as observed by water contact angle measurements; (2) surface roughening; (3) defluorination of the surface; (4) cross-linking at the surface and (5) incorporation of oxygen as CF-O-CF2, CF2-O-CF2 and CF-O-CnF2n+1 moieties. With long treatment times, a cohesive failure occurred within the modified PFA and not at the Cu-PFA interface due to extensive chain scission weakening its mechanical properties.
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Dasilva, W., Entenberg, A., Kahn, B. et al. Adhesion of Copper to Teflon ® poly(tetrafluoroethylene-co-perfluoropropyl vinyl ether) (PFA) Surfaces Modified by Vacuum UV Photo-oxidation Downstream from Argon Microwave Plasma. MRS Online Proceedings Library 851, 511–516 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-851-NN9.2
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