Dielectric barrier discharge technique in improving the wettability and adhesion properties of polymer surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 33, Issue 5 II, 2005, Pages 1710-1714

  Dumitrascu, Nicoleta ^a   Topala, Ionut ^a   Popa, Gheorghe ^a  

^a ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Adhesion properties; Dielectric barrier discharge; Filamentary mode; Functionalization; Morphology; Polarity; Polymer surfaces; Roughness; Wettability

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; MORPHOLOGY; PLASTIC FILAMENTS; SURFACE DISCHARGES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WETTING;

ADHESION PROPERTIES; DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGE; FILAMENTARY MODE; POLARITY; POLYMER SURFACE;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

EID: 27744468343     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2005.856335     Document Type: Article

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