Various reactive oxygen and nitrogen species are accompanied by electrons, ultra-violet (UV) radiation, ions, photons, electric fields in non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma. Plasma technology is already used diverse fields, such as biomedicine, dentistry, agriculture, ozone generation, chemical synthesis, surface treatment, coating. Non-thermal plasma also considered a promising environmen...

Abstract In sorption technologies, surface modification of coals is widely used in order to increase their capacity. The most promising method for improving the properties materials various structures high-frequency plasma treatment. It was revealed that after treatment sorbents with low-pressure capacitive plasma, are obtained different from original sorbent, characterized by increased propert...

Improvement in hemocompatibility of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) by formation of nanostructured surface by oxygen plasma treatment is reported. We have showed that by appropriate fine tuning of plasma and discharge parameters we are able to create nanostructured surface which is densely covered with nanocones. The size of the nanocones strongly depended on treatment time. The optim...

Adhesion is important in many industrial applications including those in the microelectronics industry. Flip-chip assemblies commonly utilize epoxy underfills to promote reliability and the buried interfacial structure of underfills is crucial to device lifetime. Poor adhesion at this interface can cause premature device failure. One method to increase adhesion strength is to plasma treat the s...

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In order to introduce carboxylic acid groups at the surface of poly (ethylene) ( P E ) films, an attempt was made to covalently link a preadsorbed layer of poly (acrylic acid) ( PAAc) on a P E film by an argon or tetrafluoromethane (CF,) plasma treatment. Surface analysis was performed by XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) and water contact angle measurements. I t was shown that by treatmen...

BACKGROUND Titanium is a well proven implantable material especially for osseointegratable implants by its biocompatibility and anti-corrosive surface properties. Surface characteristics of the implant play an important role for the evolution of bone tissue of the recipient site. Among the various surface modification methods, plasma treatment is one of the promising methods for enhance biocomp...

Surface modification of polyimide films by oxygen/argon atmospheric pressure plasma (APP) was studied for copper metallization under several conditions, including plasma treatment time, gas ratio, and power of radio frequency (RF; 13.56MHz) plasma. The effects of APP treatments on the surface properties of polyimide (PI) films were investigated in terms of Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spe...

Plasma generation over large areas using a hollow cathode discharge is described in this study. Radio frequency linear hollow cathodes in several arrangements, for operation at reduced gas pressure and suitable for scale-up, are presented. Examples of surface processing and coating by PVD, both by hollow cathode discharge (HCD) and hollow cathode arc (HCA), are given. A non-equilibrium atmosphe...

The effects of plasma treatment on the surface properties of Si-doped Al 0.5 Ga 0.5 N were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and metal contact measurements. Plasma treatment resulted in a N-deficient nonstoichiometric AlGaN surface with an increased O concentration and large red shifts of photoelectron peaks. The red shifts remained after removal of the surface oxide, indicating a dow...