Modifications of the polylactic acid surface properties by DBD plasma treatment at atmospheric pressure

Journal of Engineering Materials and Technology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Vergne, C ^a   Buchheit, O ^a   Eddoumy, F ^a   Sorrenti, E ^a   Di Martino, J ^a   Ruch, D ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

hydrophilicity; microstructure property relationships; plasma; poly(lactic acid); surface modification; topography

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; HYDROPHILICITY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; POLYESTERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

DIELECTRIC BARRIER DISCHARGES; HYDROPHILIC GROUPS; HYDROPHOBIC RECOVERY; MICROSTRUCTURE-PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS; NITROGEN PLASMA TREATMENT; POLY LACTIC ACID; SURFACE HYDROPHILICITY; TREATMENT DURATION;

NITROGEN PLASMA;

EID: 79959691678     PISSN: 00944289     EISSN: 15288889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004156     Document Type: Article

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