Surface plasma modification of LLDPE for biomedical applications

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Ratnam, Chantara Thevy ^a   Hill, David J T ^b   Rasoul, Firas ^b   Whittaker, Andrew K ^b   Keen, Imelda ^b  

^a MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

LLDPE; Oxidation; Plasma treatment; Surface modification

Indexed keywords

[CARBONYL; ARGON PLASMA DISCHARGE; BEFORE AND AFTER; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; CARBOXYL GROUPS; CHEMICAL DERIVATIZATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DISCHARGE POWER; EXPOSURE TIME; FTIR; FUNCTIONALIZED; HYDROXYL GROUPS; LABORATORY SCALE; ORGANOPOLYSILOXANES; PLASMA CONDITIONS; PLASMA DISCHARGE; PLASMA TREATMENT; POLYMER SURFACES; POLYMERIC CHAIN; POLYSILOXANES; RADIO FREQUENCY PLASMA; SURFACE MODIFICATION; SURFACE MODIFICATION OF POLYMERS; SURFACE PLASMA; SURFACE WETTABILITY; TRIFLUOROACETIC ANHYDRIDES; WATER CONTACT ANGLE; XPS; XPS MEASUREMENTS;

ARGON; CONTACT ANGLE; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ESTERS; ETHERS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMERS; SILICONES; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT; WETTING; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE TREATMENT;

COATING; ORGANIC ACID; OXIDATION; PLASMA TREATMENT; POLYETHYLENE; POLYSILOXANE; SURFACE MODIFICATION; WETTING;

EID: 72649089519     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550903204238     Document Type: Article

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