[HTML][HTML] A review of biomimetic surface functionalization for bone-integrating orthopedic implants: Mechanisms, current approaches, and future directions

C Stewart, B Akhavan, SG Wise, MMM Bilek - Progress in Materials …, 2019 - Elsevier
Orthopedic implants are increasing in global prevalence, with hundreds of thousands of
operations performed annually. However, a significant proportion of these operations …

Plasma-controlled surface wettability: Recent advances and future applications

C Ma, A Nikiforov, D Hegemann… - International …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Materials with the desirable surface wettability are of key importance in diverse applications.
However, most of the existing chemical processes used for surface wettability control are …

Controlled surface wettability by plasma polymer surface modification

M Iqbal, DK Dinh, Q Abbas, M Imran, H Sattar… - Surfaces, 2019 - mdpi.com
Inspired by nature, tunable wettability has attracted a lot of attention in both academia and
industry. Various methods of polymer surface tailoring have been studied to control the …

Free-radical-induced grafting from plasma polymer surfaces

F Khelifa, S Ershov, Y Habibi, R Snyders… - Chemical …, 2016 - ACS Publications
With the advances in science and engineering in the second part of the 20th century,
emerging plasma-based technologies continuously find increasing applications in the …

Anti-bacterial surfaces: natural agents, mechanisms of action, and plasma surface modification

K Bazaka, MV Jacob, W Chrzanowski, K Ostrikov - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Strategies that confine antibacterial and/or antifouling property to the surface of the implant,
by modifying the surface chemistry and morphology or by encapsulating the material in an …

[HTML][HTML] Plasma surface functionalization: A comprehensive review of advances in the quest for bioinstructive materials and interfaces

M Zhianmanesh, A Gilmour, MMM Bilek… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Surface biofunctionalization aims to create cell-instructive surfaces that control the behavior
of cells and modulate cellular interactions by incorporating cell signaling moieties at the …

Plasma diagnostics for the low-pressure plasma polymerization process: A critical review

D Thiry, S Konstantinidis, J Cornil, R Snyders - Thin Solid Films, 2016 - Elsevier
Since the 1980s, functionalized plasma polymer films have attracted a considerable
attention owing to their promising utilization in a wide range of modern applications. For …

Foundations of plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of functional coatings

R Snyders, D Hegemann, D Thiry… - Plasma Sources …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Since decades, the PECVD ('plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition') processes have
emerged as one of the most convenient and versatile approaches to synthesize either …

Plasma modification and synthesis of membrane materials—a mechanistic review

J Wang, X Chen, R Reis, Z Chen, N Milne… - Membranes, 2018 - mdpi.com
Although commercial membranes are well established materials for water desalination and
wastewater treatment, modification on commercial membranes is still necessary to deliver …

CO2 decomposition to CO in the presence of up to 50% O2 using a non-thermal plasma at atmospheric temperature and pressure

K Zhang, AP Harvey - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021 - Elsevier
CO 2 can be converted to the more reactive species, CO and O, by non-thermal plasmas
(NTPs) even in atmospheres containing significant quantities of O 2. The conversion of CO 2 …