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Structural and Characteristics Change of Water Hyacinth Fiber due to Combine Effect of Plasma and Nano-technology

Hari Prakash. N, Mariammal. M, Infant Solomon, Bornali Sarma, Arun Sarma

American Journal of Materials Science and Engineering. 2017, 5(1), 17-27 doi:10.12691/ajmse-5-1-3
  • Figure 1. X-ray diffraction pattern of Zinc Oxide (ZnO) nano-particles prepared by chemical synthesis process
  • Figure 2. Photograph of a) raw water hyacinth and b) plasma treated ZnO coated fiber pellets
  • Figure 3. Experimental set up for plasma treatment
  • Figure 4. Experimental set up of Thermal Evaporation unit
  • Figure 5. TGA curve of (A) untreated fiber, (B) 1.0 h plasma treated coated fiber and (C) 1.30 h plasma treated coated fiber.
  • Figure 6. XRD pattern of (A) Raw fiber (B) 30 minutes plasma treated coated fiber and (C) 1 h plasma treated coated fiber (D) 1.30 h plasma treated coated fiber
  • Figure 7. Contact angle measurement of raw and plasma treated Zinc Oxide coated fibers with water drop have been measured using images of Goniometer of (A) untreated (B) 5 mins (C) 30 mins and (D) 1.0 h plasma treated coated fiber
  • Figure 8. ATR-FTIR spectra of (A) untreated fiber (B) 30 mins and (C) 1.0 h plasma treated Zinc Oxide coated fiber
  • Figure 9. Scanning Electron microscope Image of (A) untreated fiber (B) 1.0 h plasma treated Zinc Oxide coated fiber (C) 1.30 h plasma treated Zinc Oxide coated fiber
  • Figure 10. Morphology of (A) untreated fiber (B) 1.0 h plasma treated coated Zinc Oxide fiber (C) 1.30 h plasma treated coated Zinc Oxide fiber
  • Figure 11. MRSD of the surface profiles of SEM images for ZnO coated water hyacinth fiber before and after plasma treatment
  • Figure 12. Average energy (entropy) of different frequency components (wavelet packet) at the third (final) stage of decomposition of signal profiles of ZnO Coated swater hyacinth fiber before and after plasma treatment
  • Figure 13. Roughness Comparison between Software generated image and using wavelet analysis
  • Figure 14. Water absorption analysis of raw and plasma treated ZnO coated water hyacinth fiber