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New Advances in Plasma Processes for Polymers

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Processing and Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 January 2025) | Viewed by 1706

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Dr. Shakila Parveen Asrafali

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Department of Fiber System Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
Interests: polymers; polybenzoxazines; bio-polymers
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Dr. Thirukumaran Periyasamy

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Department of Fiber System Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan 38541, Republic of Korea
Interests: polybenzoxazine; bio polymers; surface modification; functional polymer; membranes; ring-opening polymers
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The world of polymer modification is abuzz with the dynamic advancements in plasma processing. This technology utilizes plasma, a special gas brimming with charged particles, to precisely alter the surface of polymers. Unlike traditional methods, plasma treatments leave the bulk material untouched, focusing solely on enhancing its physical, chemical, and mechanical properties. This technology allows for the efficient treatment of large and intricate polymer structures, significantly improving their adhesion, wettability, and biocompatibility. With precise control over plasma parameters, researchers can craft features on the nanoscale, perfect for applications in electronics, biomedical devices, and sensors. Plasma polymerization has also witnessed remarkable progress. This technique essentially builds thin polymeric films from plasma, resulting in coatings with unique properties like superior chemical resistance, electrical conductivity, and even antimicrobial activity. These coatings find applications across diverse industries, from healthcare and electronics to packaging. Overall, advancements in plasma processing for polymers are propelling the development of next-generation materials. These materials boast enhanced performance and novel functionalities, highlighting plasma's crucial role in driving innovation across various high-impact industries.

Dr. Thirukumaran Periyasamy
Dr. Shakila Parveen Asrafali
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Keywords

  • plasma processing
  • plasma polymerization
  • polymeric films or membranes from plasma processing
  • advances in plasma processing
  • applications of plasma polymerization and polymer property enhancement using plasma processing

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Synthesis, Morphology, and Biomedical Applications of Plasma-Based Polymers: Recent Trends and Advances
by Mohammad Mizanur Rahman Khan, Shakila Parveen Asrafali and Thirukumaran Periyasamy
Polymers 2024, 16(19), 2701; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16192701 - 24 Sep 2024
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The achievement of large-scale applications of plasma-based polymers in biomedical sectors does not satisfy the appropriate level although a substantial amount of research is already performed. In this context, further investigations are necessary to design and synthesize plasma polymers for biomedical applications. Among [...] Read more.
The achievement of large-scale applications of plasma-based polymers in biomedical sectors does not satisfy the appropriate level although a substantial amount of research is already performed. In this context, further investigations are necessary to design and synthesize plasma polymers for biomedical applications. Among the polymeric materials, plasma-based polymers have attracted substantial attention owing to their numerous advantages like faster processing, lower costs, eco-friendly waste, biocompatibility, and versatility, making them excellent materials for biomedical applications. Further, polymer synthesis using plasma polymerization techniques can avoid the time-consuming conventional multistep synthesis procedure. Plasma polymerization also offers a significant solution to overcome the numerous difficulties in the traditional approach where polymers can be directly attached to the desired surface using a plasma process, without disturbing the growing chain, and, thus, prevent an additional process such as grafting. Nevertheless, the design of appropriate plasma-based synthesis methods, optimization of the plasma process parameters, and exploration of polymer-based biocompatibility approaches are still challenging research areas. Regarding the surface morphological features of these plasma polymers, they possess several characteristics, such as wettability, adhesion capacity, and so on, that are important considerations in biomedical applications. In this review, numerous recent approaches to plasma polymerization methods along with different precursor phases used for such kind of synthesis of polymeric materials are discussed. The morphological aspect of the synthesized plasma polymers connected with biomedical applications is also reported in this review. Finally, promising aspects of plasma polymers for biomedical applications are briefly reported in this work. This review may offer an extensive reference for upcoming perceptions of plasma-based polymers and their applications in biomedical sectors. Full article
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