Plasma Processing of Polymers

Cold-plasma modification of polymers and deposition of thin polymer fIlms is a branch of science characterised by an increasing popularity in the last few years for the targe number of new industrial processes which have been realised by its application. Most plasma scientists can attest this through their everyday experience: many technologists, independently of the size of their company address demands for new products in e. g. electronics, automotive components, optics, food and pharmaceutical packaging, biomedical and surgical equipments, etc. The unique common need of this variety of applications is that the products feature "surfaces" with tailored and unusual properties, which enable their use where otherwise would be impossible to conventional materials. Plasma produced-, or plasma modified-polymers can, in fact, be considered an entirely novel class of materials with tuneable properties showing e. g. chemical inertness or enhanced reactivity, hardness, variable refractive index, hydro-phobicity and -philicity , adhesivity, dyebility, blood compatibility, bacterial infection resistance, etc. The NATO-ASI course on PLASMA TREATMENT AND DEPOSmON OF POLYMERS, held May 19-June 2, 1996, in Acquafredda di Maratea, ltaly, has been designed with an effort to balance not only industrial applications, fundamental bases of plasma physics and chemistry, and diagnostics, but also different international schools of plasma processes with their different or controversial approaches.

Klappentext

This tutorial book on plasma treatment and the deposition of polymers differs from others on the subject due to the great effort devoted to giving a rationale for: the bases of plasma polymerization; the diagnostic procedures and techniques for both gas phase and surfaces; process control techniques; ageing and surface dynamics; reactor architectures; most important industrial applications in, e.g., plastic coatings, food packaging, optical coatings, paper and web treatments, corrosion protection, treatments for prostheses, grafts, biomaterials, etc. A selection of internationally respected authors, drawn from academia, industry and national research institutions, strike a balance between industrial applications and economic issues, the fundamental bases of plasma physics and chemistry, diagnostic and control techniques, and reactor architecture. Audience: The tutorial and self-consistent treatment means that the book can be read by a wide community, including undergraduate and graduate students, senior scientists, industrial researchers and managers who wish to gain a deeper knowledge of the field.

Inhalt
PE-CVD of Polymer Films: Mechanisms, Chemistry, and Diagnostics.- Architecture of RF Plasma Reactors.- Optical and Electrical Diagnostics of Low Pressure Plasmas.- Plasma Diagnostic by Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy.- Microwave and Dual Frequency Plasma Processing.- Kinetics of Radicals in Fluorocarbon Plasmas for Treatment of Polymers.- Surface Dynamics and Plasma Polymers.- Study of the Plasma Treated Polymers and the Stability of the Surface Properties.- Surface Diagnostics of Plasma-Treated Materials.- Surface Characterization of Oriented Afterglow Fluorocarbon Films.- Scanning Probe Microscopy of Polymer Surfaces.- Plasma Deposition and Testing of Hard Coatings on Plastics.- Transport Properties of Polymers.- Interface Engineering by Low Temperature Plasma Processes.- Plasma Deposition from Organosilicon Monomers.- Mechanism in Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapour Deposition from Organosilicon Feeds.- Silicon-Carbon Thin-Film Materials Produced from Organosilanes in a Remote Hydrogen Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition.- Plasmachemical Modification of Natural Polymers.- Composite Films Metal/Plasma Polymer, Recent Development, Current and Possible Applications.- Plasma Modification at Atmospheric Pressure.- Plasma Treatments of Powders.- Plasma vacuum UV Effects on Polymers.- Diamine-Plasma Deposited Poly(Hydroxyethylmethacrylate) Microspheres as Specific Sorbents for Removal of Copper(II) Ions.- Degradation Effects of Plasma and Corona on Polymers.- Biomaterials Science: Overview and Opportunities with Special Reference to Organic and Polymeric Glow Discharge Plasma Treatments.- RF Plasma Deposited PEO-Like Films: Surface Characterization and Inhibition of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa Accumulation.- Preparation of a Single Layer Enzyme Electrode by Plasma Polymerization Technique.- Process Control in Plasma-Deposition and Plasma-Treatments of Polymeric Biomaterials.- Economics of Transparent Barrier Coatings.- An Experimental PECVD Investigation-From an Industrial Viewpoint.