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W, LOI of BOPP films obtained have increased from
18.4 to 24.2. It can be seen that the plasma modified
BOPP films have gained resistance to flame comparing
to unmodified samples. Besides, the effects of plasma
polymer deposition on the surface of BOPP film samples
were studied from the AFM and FTIR results. These
results have showed that boron-based functional layer
deposition can be applied to enhance the flame retar-
dancy of BOPP films.
5. Acknowledgements
This work was supported by National Boron Research
Institute (BOREN) contact grant number BOREN-2006-
Ç-02 and The State Planning Organization (DPT) contact
grant number 2001K-120590.
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