Advances in Polymer Surface Modification
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymeric Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 April 2023) | Viewed by 3893
Special Issue Editor
Interests: surface science; polymer science; cold plasma technologies; surface characterization
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Dear Colleagues,
Continued innovations in the polymer industry have made polymer surface modification methods a subject of intense research. These physical surface modification methods include flame, plasma discharge, microwaves, UV, gamma-ray, electron beam, ion beam, plasma, and laser treatments. This Special Issue of Materials titled “Advances in Polymer Surface Modification” is devoted to the principles of operation of aforementioned methods, their advantages and disadvantages, polymer surface characterization, experimental techniques developed for the characterization of polymer surfaces, physical chemistry of polymer surfaces, novel techniques for polymer surface modification, bio-mimetic and self-healing polymer interfaces, ecological aspects of polymer surface modification and related themes. Submission of research and review papers is encouraged.
Prof. Dr. Edward Bormashenko
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer
- surface modification
- plasma
- microwaves
- ion beam
- electron beam
- laser treatment
- biomimetics
- adhesion
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