Continuing interest and more developments in recent years indicated that it would be useful
to update Banea and da Silva paper entitled “Adhesively bonded joints in composite …

The use of adhesive joints has increased rapidly in the past decades. Driven by the growing
demand for lightweight structures, composite adherends have increased in popularity …

The application of gas discharge plasmas has assumed an important place in many
manufacturing processes. Plasma methods contribute significantly to the economic …

Orthopedic implants are increasing in global prevalence, with hundreds of thousands of
operations performed annually. However, a significant proportion of these operations …

Polymer materials are widely employed in many fields due to the ease with which they can
be formed into complex shapes, their versatile mechanical properties, light weight, and low …

Over the past few years, fibrous materials have found widespread applications in different
technological areas including the automotive industry due to their versatile properties …

To study the effect of surface physicochemical properties of carbon fiber reinforced polymer
(CFRP) on its interfacial bonding strength with adhesive, atmospheric pressure plasma …

Atmospheric plasma treatment is an effective and economical surface treatment technique.
The main advantage of this technique is that the bulk properties of the material remain …

Cold atmospheric pressure plasma from a plasma jet was used to improve the adhesion
properties of polypropylene (PP). Differences in adhesion were at first observed for either air …

There has been increased demand for durable and sustainable construction materials to
improve long-term performance of buildings and infrastructure. Polymer modification is a …