Surface Modification to Improve Properties of Material
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Advanced Materials Characterization".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2022) | Viewed by 6003
Special Issue Editor
Interests: surface engineering; non-equilibrium gaseous plasma; polymers; organic materials; plasma technologies
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Dear Colleagues,
Surface properties of modern materials are usually inadequate so they should be modified prior to application or further processing such as coating with functional materials. Both morphological properties and chemical structure/composition should be modified in order to obtain a desired surface finish. Various treatment procedures have been employed, and many are based on the application of non-equilibrium gaseous media, especially gaseous plasma. Although such treatments have been studied extensively in recent decades, and even commercialized, the exact mechanism of interaction between reactive gaseous species and solid materials is still poorly understood. This Special Issue will provide recent trends in the nanostructuring and functionalization of solid materials with the goal of improving their functional properties such as biocompatibility.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript to this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome. Critical reviews in specific modern topics such as biocompatibility of advanced polymers and polymer composites are particularly welcome. Authors are encouraged to submit manuscripts reporting unexpected results provided they can present scientifically spotless explanations.
Prof. Dr. Mozetic Miran
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- surface properties
- nanostructuring
- functionalization
- grafting
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