Selective plasma etching of polymeric substrates for advanced applications

H Puliyalil, U Cvelbar - Nanomaterials, 2016 - mdpi.com
In today's nanoworld, there is a strong need to manipulate and process materials on an atom-
by-atom scale with new tools such as reactive plasma, which in some states enables high …

Recent developments in surface science and engineering, thin films, nanoscience, biomaterials, plasma science, and vacuum technology

M Mozetič, A Vesel, G Primc, C Eisenmenger-Sittner… - Thin Solid Films, 2018 - Elsevier
Nanometer-sized structures, surfaces and sub-surface phenomena have played an
enormous role in science and technological applications and represent a driving-force of …

Effect of substrate temperature on the near-infrared shielding properties of WO3-x thin films deposited by RF magnetron sputtering

AS Nair, JE Abraham, P George, C Joseph, PR Biju… - Vacuum, 2022 - Elsevier
Near-infrared (NIR) shielding materials emerge as potential candidates for energy
conservation applications. In this work, tungsten oxide (WO 3-x, 0< x< 1) thin films were …

Impact of hydrophilic and hydrophobic functionalization of flat TiO2/Ti surfaces on proteins adsorption

H Fabre, D Mercier, A Galtayries, D Portet… - Applied Surface …, 2018 - Elsevier
Controlling adsorption of proteins onto medical devices is a key issue for implant-related
infections. As self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on titanium oxide represent a good model …

Efficient diaphragm-based Fiber Bragg grating vacuum sensor

R Ullah, RYM Khan, M Faisal - Vacuum, 2023 - Elsevier
An efficient diaphragm-based fiber Bragg grating (FBG) vacuum sensor was designed,
developed and experimentally demonstrated. The devised sensor was independently …

Nonlinear transport of rarefied Couette flows from low speed to high speed

J Ou, J Chen - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The nonlinear transport properties and macroscopic flow features of rarefied plane Couette
flows from low speed to high speed for a monatomic gas are investigated in detail using the …

Anticoagulant polyethylene terephthalate surface by plasma-mediated fucoidan immobilization

K Ozaltin, M Lehocky, P Humpolicek, J Pelkova… - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Biomaterial-based blood clot formation is one of the biggest drawbacks of blood-contacting
devices. To avoid blood clot formation, their surface must be tailored to increase …

Investigating polymer–metal interfaces by grazing incidence small-angle x-ray scattering from gradients to real-time studies

M Schwartzkopf, SV Roth - Nanomaterials, 2016 - mdpi.com
Tailoring the polymer–metal interface is crucial for advanced material design. Vacuum
deposition methods for metal layer coating are widely used in industry and research. They …

[HTML][HTML] Depth profiling of thin plasma-polymerized amine films using GDOES in an Ar-O2 plasma

J Kovač, J Ekar, M Čekada, L Zajíčková, D Nečas… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Thin polymer films were deposited on polished stainless-steel samples by PECVD from a
cyclopropylamine precursor and characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy …

Effect of plasma treatment on the release kinetics of a chemotherapy drug from biodegradable polyester films and polyester urethane films

P Stloukal, I Novák, M Mičušík… - … Journal of Polymeric …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Investigation was made into the effect of plasma treatment on the release kinetics of the drug
Temozolomide (TMZ) from thin, biodegradable polyester films, comprising polylactic acid …