Hydrophilization of rice seeds by plasma treatments – Super-hydrophilic surface finish and hydrophobic recovery

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.162674" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.apsusc.2025.162674</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Hydrophilization of rice seeds by plasma treatments – Super-hydrophilic surface finish and hydrophobic recovery

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The hydrophobic character of rice seeds protects them from quick water adsorption and, thus, premature germination. This property is, however, a drawback in modern agriculture, where rapid and uniform germination represents a high-quality trait. A method for rapid hydrophilization of the Lomello variety of rice is presented. The rice seeds were treated with low-pressure gaseous plasma to tailor the wettability. The treatment of seeds with hulls with oxygen plasma afterglow enabled the super-hydrophilic surface finish within 10 ms. Such extremely fast hydrophilization was attributed to irreversible surface oxidation by neutral oxygen atoms whose flux onto the seeds was approximately 3 × 1023 m−2s−1. Dehulled seeds were made super-hydrophilic by subsequent treatments with hydrogen and oxygen plasma, and the required dose of O atoms was between 2 × 1023 and 6 × 1024 m−2. Larger doses caused a loss of the super-hydrophilicity. Hydrophilization kinetics is proposed and supported by measuring surface wettability, morphology, and composition using various techniques. The hydrophobic recovery of seeds with hulls is marginal within the first few days after plasma treatments, but dehulled seeds lose the super-hydrophilic surface finish within a few minutes after the plasma treatment when stored at ambient conditions.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Hydrophilization of rice seeds by plasma treatments – Super-hydrophilic surface finish and hydrophobic recovery

Popis výsledku anglicky

The hydrophobic character of rice seeds protects them from quick water adsorption and, thus, premature germination. This property is, however, a drawback in modern agriculture, where rapid and uniform germination represents a high-quality trait. A method for rapid hydrophilization of the Lomello variety of rice is presented. The rice seeds were treated with low-pressure gaseous plasma to tailor the wettability. The treatment of seeds with hulls with oxygen plasma afterglow enabled the super-hydrophilic surface finish within 10 ms. Such extremely fast hydrophilization was attributed to irreversible surface oxidation by neutral oxygen atoms whose flux onto the seeds was approximately 3 × 1023 m−2s−1. Dehulled seeds were made super-hydrophilic by subsequent treatments with hydrogen and oxygen plasma, and the required dose of O atoms was between 2 × 1023 and 6 × 1024 m−2. Larger doses caused a loss of the super-hydrophilicity. Hydrophilization kinetics is proposed and supported by measuring surface wettability, morphology, and composition using various techniques. The hydrophobic recovery of seeds with hulls is marginal within the first few days after plasma treatments, but dehulled seeds lose the super-hydrophilic surface finish within a few minutes after the plasma treatment when stored at ambient conditions.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10305 - Fluids and plasma physics (including surface physics)

Projekt

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Návaznosti

R - Projekt Ramcoveho programu EK

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Applied Surface Science

ISSN

0169-4332

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

691

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

Neuveden

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

nestránkováno

Kód UT WoS článku

001510789500001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85217826824