Plasma Processes and Polymers compiles essential contributions to the most innovative fields of Plasma Processes and Polymers.

High-quality contributions cover the fields of plasma deposition, plasma treatment of polymers and other organic compounds, plasma processes under partial vacuum and at atmospheric pressure, biomedical, textile, automotive, and optical applications as well as surface treatment of bulk materials, clusters, particles and powders.

Plasma Processes and Polymers is based on the best contributions presented at the 16th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry in Taormina, Italy (ISPC-16, June 2003).

Plasma Processes and Polymers is a high class reference of relevance to a large audience in plasma community as well as in the area of its industrial applications.

Contents:

1. Plasma Deposition of Thin Films
   1. Polymer Surface Modification with Monofunctional Groups of Different Type and Density
   2. RF-Plasma Deposition of SiOx and a-C:H as Barrier Coatings on Polymers
   3. Upscaling of Plasma Processes for Carboxyl Functionalization
   4. Deposition of Fluorocarbon Films on Al and SiO₂ Surfaces in High-Density Fluorocarbon Plasmas: Selectivity and Surface Wettability
   5. Hot-wire Plasma Deposition of Doped DLC Films on Fluorocarbon Polymers for Biomedical Applications
   6. Properties of Silicon Nitride by Room-Temperature Inductively Coupled Plasma Deposition
   7. Structural Analysis of Diamond-like Carbon Films Deposited by RF (13.56 MHz) in a Methane Gas Plasma Atmosphere
   8. Rate constant of HMDSO + O reaction in plasma afterglow
   9. Plasma-Enhanced Thin-Film Deposition On Polycarbonates
   10. Molecular Tailoring Coating on TiO2 Nanoparticle Surface by Plasma Polymerization

2. Plasma-Grafting of Functional Groups
   11. Introduction of Acidic Functional Groups onto the Surface of Activated Carbons by Atmospheric-Pressure Nonthermal Plasma
   12. Treatment of Flexible Polyethylene with Low-pressure Plasma to Improve its Painting Properties
   13. Surface Modification of PVDF by Microwave Plasma Treatment for Electroless Metallization
   14. Different Performance of Ar, O₂ and CO₂ RF Plasmas in the Adhesion of Thermoplastic Rubber to Polyurethane Adhesive
   15. Low-temperature Plasma Treatment of Dry Empress-Tree Seeds
   16. Ion-induced Chemical and Structural Modification of Polymer Surfaces
   17. Plasma-Enhanced Fluorination of Nitrile Butadiene Elastomer: an XPS study
   18. Plasma-Surface Modification of Styrene-Butadiene Elastomers for Improved Adhesion
   19. PET Surface after Plasma or Laser Treatment: Study of the Chemical Modifications and Adhesive Properties
   20. Plasma Pretreatments and Treatments on Polytetrafluoroethylene for Reducing the Hydrophobic Recovery
   21. Oxygen-plasma Modification of Polyhedral Oligomeric Silsesquioxane (POSS) containing Copolymers for Micro- and Nanofabrication

3. Plasma and Life Science
   22. Radicals of Plasma Needle Detected with Fluorescent Probe
   23. RF-Plasma Treatment on the Inside of Small Functional Devices for Biomedical Application
   24. Plasma Sterilisation: Mechanisms Overview and Influence of Discharge Parameters
   25. Improvement of Low-pressure Microwave Plasma-assisted Amino Functionalization of Polymers
   26. PE-CVD Modification of Medical-grade PVC to Inhibit Bacterial Adhesion: PEO-like and Nanocomposite Ag/PEO-like Coatings
   27. Plasma-aided Micropatterning of Polystyrene Substrates for Driving Cell Adhesion and Spreading
   28. Plasma-deposited Acrylic Acid Coatings on Flat and Nanostructured Substrates for Cell-Culture Experiments
   29. The Model for Origin of Life Precursors Based on Exhaust Utilisation in the Electric Discharge

4. Chemical Synthesis, Powders and Non-Equilibrium Effects
   30. Gliding-Discharge CF₂Cl₂ and CHF₂Cl Decomposition in Reducing Conditions
   31. The Oxidation of Streams for Diesel Fuels Formulations by Means of High-voltage Oxygen Plasmas
   32. Acetylene and Ethylene Carbon Blacks Production in Plasma Process
   33. DCM Production in a Dusty-Plasma Trap
   34. Dust Particles in the dc Glow-Discharge Plasma: Self-organization and Peculiarities of Behavior
   35. Controlled Growth of Carbon Nanotubes Using Pulsed Glow-Barrier Discharge
   36. Investigation of Excited Species in a Carbon Ablation Plume in Nitrogen Gas Environment
   37. Optimization of a DC-RF Hybrid Plasma Flow System Using Statistical Analysis

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