Table 1 XPS elemental analysis of the Ag/PTFE composites
From: Properties of silver nanostructure-coated PTFE and its biocompatibility
Samples | Sputtering time (s) | Elemental composition (at.%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ag | O | F | C | ||
As-sputtered | 20 | 11.7 | 2.8 | 37.3 | 48.2 |
100 | 28.7 | 8.5 | 7.9 | 54.8 | |
200 | 29.9 | 15.3 | - | 54.8 | |
Relaxed | 20 | 11.0 | 6.6 | 30.1 | 52.3 |
100 | 23.6 | 6.0 | 21.1 | 49.3 | |
200 | 25.0 | 10.2 | 2.0 | 62.8 | |
Annealed | 20 | - | - | 66.0 | 34.0 |
100 | 2.5 | 0.9 | 57.7 | 39.0 | |
200 | 4.4 | 0.7 | 59.6 | 35.3 | |