Plasma surface treatment of polyethylene terephthalate films for bacterial repellence

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 200, Issue 22-23 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 6331-6335

  Amanatides, E ^a   Mataras, D ^a   Katsikogianni, M ^a   Missirlis, Y F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adhesion; PET; Plasma treatment; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BACTERIA; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

BACTERIAL REPELLENCE; BIAS POTENTIAL; GAS PRESSURE; PLASMA SURFACE TREATMENT; PLASMA TREATED FILMS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

ADHESION; BACTERIA; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 33646128721     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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