Plasma treatment of polymeric membranes

A Al-Jumaili, S Alancherry, D Grant, A Kumar… - Non-thermal plasma …, 2019 - Elsevier
In the past several decades, processes that rely on the use of polymeric membranes have
received considerable attention for the important role they play in biological and industrial …

Effect of O2, Ar/H2 and CF4 plasma treatments on the structural and dielectric properties of parylene-C thin films

A Kahouli, A Sylvestre, JF Laithier… - Journal of Physics D …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Plasma treatment of parylene-C surfaces not only causes structural modification of the
surface during the plasma exposure, but also leaves active sites on the surfaces, which …

Ammonia plasma functionalized polycarbonate surfaces improve cell migration inside an artificial 3D cell culture module

C Bergemann, A Quade, F Kunz, S Ofe… - Plasma Processes …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A three‐dimensional (3D) cell culture module was used to test the requirements of
scaffold material properties for improved bone cell ingrowth. For this purpose polycarbonate …

A spectroscopy and microscopy study of Parylene-C OFETs for explosive sensing

SG Surya, SK Samji, P Dhamini, BP Ganne… - IEEE Sensors …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we have explored Parylene-C (PC) as a sensing material for its unique
signature and selectivity for explosive sensing. We have used a bi-layer deposition process …

Surface characteristics of parylene-C films in an inductively coupled O2/CF4 gas plasma

YH Ham, DA Shutov, KH Baek, LM Do, K Kim, CW Lee… - Thin Solid Films, 2010 - Elsevier
In this article, we report the results obtained from a study carried out on the inductively
coupled plasma (ICP) etching of poly-monochloro-para-xylylene (parylene-C) thin films …

Enhanced Activity of Non‐Noble Metal Electrocatalysts for the Oxygen Reduction Reaction Using Low Temperature Plasma Treatment

S Wirth, F Harnisch, A Quade, M Brüser… - Plasma Processes …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐temperature plasma treatment is shown to be efficient for the preparation of non‐noble
metal (iron (II) phthalocyanine, FePc) based electrocatalysts for ORR. Preparation …

Surface characteristics of etched parylene-C films for low-damaged patterning process using inductively-coupled O2/CHF3 gas plasma

YH Ham, DA Shutov, KH Kwon - Applied surface science, 2013 - Elsevier
We investigated the effectiveness of CHF3 admixture in O2 plasma for a low damage
patterning process. We used inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) etching of parylene-C thin …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of plasma pretreatment on the process of self-forming Cu–Mn alloy barriers for Cu interconnects

JH Park, DS Han, KD Kim, JW Park - AIP Advances, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
This study investigated the effect of plasma pretreatment on the process of a self-forming Cu–
Mn alloy barrier on porous low-k dielectrics. To study the effects of plasma on the …

Water-repellent characteristics of beech wood coated with parylene-N

R Köhler, P Sauerbier, M Weber, RC Wander… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, awareness regarding sustainability and the responsible usage of natural
resources has become more important in our modern society. As a result, wood as a …

Performance improvements of the hydrophobic and the dielectric properties of parylene C

A Kahouli, A Sylvestre, JF Laithier - Journal of Applied Physics, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
The increase in the hydrophobicity at the same time as the reduction in the dielectric
properties of an insulating material are the main factors necessary to improve the signal …