Argon plasma treatment of polystyrene microtiter wells. Chemical and physical characterisation by contact angle, ToF-SIMS, XPS and STM

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-295

  Davies, John ^a   Nunnerley, Caroline S ^a   Brisley, Anneli C ^a   Sunderland, Robert F ^a   Edwards, John C ^a   Krüger, Per ^b   Knes, Rudolf ^b   Paul, Alan J ^c   Hibbert, Steve ^c  

^a Ortho Clinical Diagnostics   (United Kingdom)

^b Plasma finish GmbH   (Germany)

^c CSMA Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Plasma treatment; Polystyrene; Scanning tunnelling microscopy; Time of flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CONTACT ANGLE; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLYSTYRENES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

PLASMA TREATMENT;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

POLYSTYRENE;

ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTACT ANGLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034580698     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-7757(00)00497-0     Document Type: Article

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