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Molecular tailoring of elastomer surface by controlled plasma engineering

Plasma polymerisation (PP) is an emerging processing technology with immense potential for future industrial applications, which is increasingly being used for the fabrication of functional coatings on polymeric substrates. In this technique, the solid polymeric film is directly deposited onto the substrate surface to create a new surface of very interesting and unique properties. PP utilizes gas phase chemistries in low pressure environment to produce well-defined high quality films in controllable and tunable fashion. A major advantage of this process is that it is an environmental safety technique and strategically superior compared to other thin film deposition techniques such as spin coating and spray coating. In eneral, the quality of the plasma polymer film can be controlled, precisely and reproducible. However, mechanism of the coating under plasma polymerisation is complex and has not yet been completely understood. / PhDAppliedScience

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/284134
Date January 2004
CreatorsTran, Nguyen D
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
RightsCopyright 2004 Nguyen Duc (Peter) Tran

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