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Project

Unravelling the mechanisms responsible for plasma-assisted surface activation
Code
3G038015
Duration
01 January 2015 → 31 December 2020
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Applied mathematics in specific fields
    • Classical physics
    • Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges
  • Engineering and technology
    • Process engineering
    • Ceramic and glass materials
    • Materials science and engineering
    • Polymeric materials
    • Semiconductor materials
    • Other materials engineering
Keywords
polymer XPS non-thermal plasma surface characterization surface treatment plasma technology
 
Project description
 

This project envisages an in-depth study of the interactions between a non-thermal plasma and a polymer surface. The polymer surface composition will be investigated directly after plasma treatment without air exposure between the modification and the characterization step. In this way, understanding the plasma-surface interactions can be enhanced and the mechanisms responsible for grafting specific functional groups can be revealed.