Cluster secondary ion mass spectrometry (cluster SIMS) has played a critical role in the
characterization of polymeric materials over the last decade, allowing for the ability to obtain …

A coherent overview of the current status of injection molded optics, describing in detail all
aspects of plastic optics, from design issues to production technology and quality control …

Modern optical applications need solutions for providing polymer surfaces with antireflective
properties. The problems involved in coating comprise thermal limitations, incompatible …

Vacuum technologies for the deposition of optical interference coatings on polymer
substrates, based on long-term experience in glass coating, have been under development …

PMMA shows poor adhesion for evaporated inorganic coatings. The DC and microwave
plasma treatments can considerably increase free surface energy but an improvement of …

Self-organized nanostructures that provide antireflection properties grow on PMMA caused
by plasma ion etching. A new procedure uses a thin initial layer prior to the etching step …

The structure of the subsurface layer of polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) formed by
bombardment with low-energy ions of Ar is reported. It was found that the subsurface region …

A general survey is presented on the structural modification of poly (methyl
methacrylate)(PMMA) by proton implantation. The implanted PMMA films were characterized …

Polymeric waveguides were fabricated by proton implantation on poly (methyl
methacrylate)(PMMA). Depth profiles of the refractive indices of modified regions were …

Regarding the recent debate on the usefulness of macroscopic kinetics for plasma
polymerization, we further investigated the deposition of oxygen‐containing functional …