title: Surface characterization of cotton coated by a thin film of polystyrene with and without a cross-linking agent.
abstract: Thin polystyrene film coated on cotton was successfully formed by admicellar polymerization. Divinylbenzene (DVB) was used as a cross-linking agent to form networked polystyrene to improve film coverage. A wettability test and XPS analysis were used to characterize the coated surface. The optimum amount of DVB was around 1%. At this amount, the film coverage was most complete, as judged by the reduction of the O1s signal in XPS analysis.
authors.affiliation: Petroleum and Petrochemical College, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
authors.forename: Thirawudh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pongprayoon
authors.forename: Nantaya
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yanumet
authors.forename: Edgar A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: O'Rear
authors.forename: Walter E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Alvarez
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Resasco