TriStar Plastics Corp. » zone treatment http://www.tstar.com/blog Tech Talk Blog Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:29:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Surface Energy Design http://www.tstar.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/surface-energy-design/ http://www.tstar.com/blog/index.php/2009/10/surface-energy-design/#comments Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:00:08 +0000 fhild http://www.tstar.com/blog/?p=138 Using simple plasma surface modification techniques, we are able to manipulate the surface of most plastic devices to contain fluids or direct flow.

Surface treatment zone

Surface treatment zone

the surface treatment zone shown in the picture above is 0.9mm. The wet zones are hydrophilic drawing water into the narrow zone while the other areas are hydrophobic to the natural polystyrene material.

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