Code
3G089514
Duration
01 January 2014 → 31 December 2019
Funding
Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- Applied mathematics in specific fields
- Classical physics
- Physics of gases, plasmas and electric discharges
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Engineering and technology
- Process engineering
- Ceramic and glass materials
- Materials science and engineering
- Polymeric materials
- Semiconductor materials
- Other materials engineering
Keywords
biomedical applications
polymerization
acryl acid
plasma technology
Project description
This project wants to develop chemically stable carboxyl (–COOH) rich polymeric surfaces and will focus on the plasma polymerization of acrylic acid at atmospheric pressure. Film properties will be tailored by variation of plasma deposition parameters. The chemical and physical properties (% carboxyl groups, film thickness and morphology, chemical stability,…) of the deposited plasma polymers will be closely examined.