Advances in Plasma Processes for Polymers, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 3570
Special Issue Editor
Interests: atmospheric pressure plasma; microplasma jet device; plasma polymerization; solution plasma; bio applications; microdischarge; Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD); high-pressure plasma; plasma thruster; ion propulsion; flexible microplasma thruster; plasma cancer therapy; plasma endodontics; Polymer Light-Emitting Diodes (PLEDs); short-time and long-time (life time) discharge characteristics of plasma display panel and plasma devices
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Dear Colleagues,
Polymerized nanoparticles and nanofibers can be prepared using various processes, such as chemical synthesis, the electrochemical method, electrospinning, ultrasonic irradiation, hard and soft templates, seeding polymerization, interfacial polymerization, and plasma polymerization. Among these processes, plasma polymerization and aerosol-through-plasma (A-t-P) processes have versatile advantages, particularly because they are “dry” processes, for the deposition of plasma polymer films and carbon-based materials with functional properties suitable for a wide range of applications, such as electronic and optical devices, protective coatings, and biomedical materials. Furthermore, it is well known that plasma polymers are highly cross-linked, pinhole-free, branched, insoluble, and adhere well to most substrates. In order to synthesize polymer films using plasma processes, it is critical to increase the density and electron temperature of plasma during plasma polymerization.
This Special Issue aims to compile original and cutting-edge research in the fields of plasma processing, polymerization, synthesis, characterization, treatment, modification, manufacturing, and applications of functional plasma-processed polymers.
Dr. Choon-Sang Park
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- low-pressure plasma
- atmospheric pressure plasma
- plasma process
- plasma polymerization
- plasma synthesis
- plasma deposition
- dielectric barrier discharge
- fragmentation
- recombination
- polymer
- conductive polymer
- copolymer
- plasma treatment
- surface modification
- large area treatment and deposition
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