In current materials research and development, high priority is given to surface modification techniques to achieve improved surface properties for specific applications requirements. Plasma treatment and polymerization are important technologies which can be custom engineered for this purpose.

Plasma Surface Modification and Plasma Polymerization provides a basic and thorough understanding of this subject. One of the first and most comprehensive books to cover plasma treatment and polymerization for the purpose of surface modification, it presents a detailed discussion of recent developments in the field, including plasma/polymer interactions and the formation of polymer surface and thin polymeric films. It concentrates on plasma properties and the interactions between the plasma and the substrate.

From the Introduction: “....The surface modification of polymer materials is a useful way to obtain functional polymers by controlling their surface properties. The surface modification technique is obligated to restrict the shallow depth of the modified layer from the surface. Ideally, the modified layer should be a monolayer of the polymer surface in molecular size, and the deeper layer (the bulk of the polymer materials) should never be modified. Generally, chemical reactions that involve the implantation of special elements (oxygen, nitrogen, fluorine atoms, etc.) or moieties (hydroxyl, carbonyl, carboxylate, etc.) and the grafting of special monomers are applied for the modification process...”

Target Audience: Materials and polymer scientists and technologists; graduate students and faculty; and medical and automotive parts designers.

Table of Contents:

Plasma

Interactions Between Plasma and Polymeric Materials

Plasma—Graft Copolymerization

Surface Modification by Implantation

Plasma Polymerization

Features and Functionalities of Plasma Polymers

Remote Plasma Treatment

Index