Direct Current Electrical Properties of Plasma Treated Jute

Md. Masroor Anwer, Md. Zobaidul Hossen, Selina Akhter, Neaz Morshed, Pulak Talukder, Ashraful Alam, Md. Ariful Islam

Plasma is an ionized gas and low temperature plasma (LTP) treatment is an environment friendly surface modification technique. Jute fibers, a cellulosic and environmentally friendly fibers are treated with low temperature Argon plasma for 5, 10, and 15 minutes exposure times and at various discharge power levels of 50, 75 and 100 W. The current density-voltage (J-V) characteristics of tablet formed jute fibres were studied at room temperature in the voltage range of 5-100 V. It was seen that the J-V plots follow a power law of the form J α Vn, where n is a power index. It was also observed that with the increase of exposure times and discharge powers, the current flow through the tablet decreases. Moreover, resistivity increases with the exposure time as well as discharge power.