Plasma treated and a-C:H coated PET performance in inhibiting bacterial adhesion

Plasma Processes and Polymers

Volumn 4, Issue SUPPL.1, 2007, Pages

  Katsikogianni, Maria G ^a   Syndrevelis, Christos S ^a   Amanatides, Eleftherios K ^a   Mataras, Dimitrios S ^a   Missirlis, Yannis F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Bacterial adhesion; Deposition; Plasma treatment; Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET); Surface energy; Thin films

Indexed keywords

A-C:H THIN FILM; BACTERIAL ADHESION; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; PLASMA MODIFICATIONS; PLASMA SURFACE TREATMENT; PLASMA TREATMENT; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) (PET); RF DISCHARGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; SUBSTRATE SURFACE; SURFACE ENERGY; SURFACE FREE ENERGY;

ADHESION; AMORPHOUS CARBON; AMORPHOUS FILMS; BACTERIOLOGY; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ETHYLENE; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; PLASMA DEPOSITION; PLASMAS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACE TREATMENT; THIN FILMS;

SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 38049161902     PISSN: 16128850     EISSN: 16128869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppap.200732403     Document Type: Conference Paper

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