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Laser induced periodic surface structures on polymer nanocomposites with carbon nanoadditives

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Laser induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) are formed on poly(trimethylene terephthalate) and its composites with single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) and with both SWCNT and expanded graphite (EG) upon irradiation with a Q-Switched Nd:YAG laser (266 nm, 8 ns). The morphology of the polymer films was characterized by atomic force microscopy. A cantilever with a colloidal probe was used to obtain information about surface adhesion. Surface energies were estimated by contact angle measurements using different liquids. Chemical modification in the materials upon irradiation was assessed by Raman spectroscopy. Results show a dependence of the number of pulses required for LIPSS formation as a consequence of the presence of the carbon nanoadditive and an increase of the hydrophilic character of surfaces after irradiation. Moreover, the polar component of the surface free energy changes significantly and surface adhesion increases by the addition of the additive to the polymer matrix. Additionally, the adhesion force decreases after laser nanostructuring as a consequence of a lower contact area in the nanostructured material.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from the MINECO (FIS2013-44174-P, MAT2014-59187-R, MAT2015-66443-C02-1-R, FIS2015-71933-REDT, CTQ2016-75880-P) and Junta de Castilla y León (Project SA046U16). RIR is grateful for the International Scholarship number 314197 provided by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT-México) and E.R. thanks MINECO for a Ramón y Cajal contract (RYC-2011-08069). The authors thank J. V. Garcı́a Ramos for the Raman measurements.

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  1. Grupo de Aplicaciones del Láser y Fotónica (ALF-USAL), Universidad de Salamanca, Pl. de la Merced s/n, 37008, Salamanca, Spain

    René I. Rodríguez-Beltrán & Pablo Moreno

  2. Instituto de Química Física Rocasolano (IQFR-CSIC), Serrano 119, 28006, Madrid, Spain

    René I. Rodríguez-Beltrán, Marta Castillejo & Esther Rebollar

  3. West Pomeranian University of Technology, Piastow Av. 19, 70310, Szczecin, Poland

    Sandra Paszkiewicz, Anna Szymczyk & Zbigniew Rosłaniec

  4. Instituto de Estructura de la Materia (IEM-CSIC), Serrano 121, 28006, Madrid, Spain

    Aurora Nogales & Tiberio A. Ezquerra

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Rodríguez-Beltrán, R.I., Paszkiewicz, S., Szymczyk, A. et al. Laser induced periodic surface structures on polymer nanocomposites with carbon nanoadditives. Appl. Phys. A 123, 717 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-017-1299-1

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