The Plasma Chemistry of Polymer Surfaces: Advanced Techniques for Surface Design

This book illustrates plasma properties, polymer characteristics, surface specifics, and how to purposefully combine plasma and polymer chemistry. In so doing, it covers plasma polymerization, surface functionalization, etching, crosslinking, and deposition of monotype functional–group–bearing plasma polymers. It explains different techniques and plasma types, such as pressure–pulsed, remote, low–wattage plasmas and plasma polymerization in liquids. Finally, among the numerous applications discussed are plasmas for chemical synthesis, industrial processes or the modification of membranes and papers, adhesion promotion, corrosion protection, fire retardency, and as ion–exchangers and biomaterials as well as DNA chips, nanoparticle modifiers, and solar cells.

Spis treści:
Plasma Properties
Polymer Characteristics
Polymer Surface Specifics
Accomodation of Plasma and Polymer Chemistry
Systematics of Polymer Surface Modification
Functionalization of Polymer Surfaces
Chemical Reactions and Grafting onto Monotype Functional Groups
Plasma Polymerization
Production of Monotype Functional–Groups Bearing Plasma Polymers
Plasma–copolymerization and Plasma–initiated Chemical Copolymerization
Plasma–induced Grafting
Mechanism of Plasma Etching
Applications of Plasmas
Atmospheric Plasmas for Polymer Modification
Industrial Processes

Nota biograficzna:
Jörg Friedrich was born in 1948, in Erkner, near Berlin. From 1967 to 1972, he studied chemistry at Humboldt University in Berlin. In 1972 he began his Ph.D. studies at the German Academy of Sciences in Berlin in the Institute for Macromolecular Chemistry. His graduation followed in the years 1974/1975 as Ph.D. resp. Dr. rer. nat., and in 1981/1982 he obtained his habilitation (lecture qualification). In 1975, he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Department for Polymer Composites in the Academy of Sciences. He continued his career in the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) from 1995 on as head of the Analysis and Structure of Polymers Division. In 1996 he was appointed to professor (and director) by Roman Herzog, then President of Germany. Professor Friedrich has authored more than 240 scientific publications and has received several awards including two highest awards for the publication of the year from the Academy of Sciences in 1977 and 1980.