Investigation of aritificial sports surfaces
Artificial sports surfaces are becoming more prevalent worldwide as a sporting ground. In order for it to be a suitable and competitive substitution for natural sports turfs, concerns of fouling must be addressed. . In this project, two types of polymer graft chains, hydrophilic polymer, 2-hydroxyet...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52556 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Artificial sports surfaces are becoming more prevalent worldwide as a sporting ground. In order for it to be a suitable and competitive substitution for natural sports turfs, concerns of fouling must be addressed. . In this project, two types of polymer graft chains, hydrophilic polymer, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and zwitterionic polymer, sulfobetaine methacrylate were grafted using ultra violet radiation onto polypropylene substrate. For 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate grafted substrate, the properties related to antifouling characteristic were studied using fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. In addition, the effect of plasma pre-irradiation of the substrate was studied for the 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate samples. For sulfobetaine methacrylate grafted substrate, the properties related to antifouling characteristic wqwere studied using contact angle measurements, fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. |
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