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Non-Thermal Plasma Technology for Polymeric Materials

Applications in Composites, Nanostructured Materials, and Biomedical Fields

  • 1st Edition - October 8, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Sabu Thomas, Miran Mozetič, Uros Cvelbar, Petr Spatenka, K.M. Praveen, Miran Mozetic
  • Language: English

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Description

Approx.480 pages

Key features

  • Enables materials scientists and engineers to deploy plasma technology for surface treatment, characterization and analysis of polymeric materials
  • Reviews the state-of-the-art in plasma technology for polymer synthesis and processing
  • Presents detailed coverage of the most advanced applications for plasma polymerization, particularly in medicine and biomedical engineering, areas such as implants, biosensors and tissue engineering

Readership

Academics, researchers, scientists, engineers and students in the field of plasma technology and polymer science

Table of contents

1. Introduction to polymeric materials

2. Introduction to plasma

3. Plasma assisted polymer synthesis and processing

4. Plasma assisted polymer modifications

5. Plasma induced polymeric coatings

6. Application of plasma in printed surfaces and print quality

7. Plasma treatment of fibers and powders

8. Plasma treatment of polymeric membranes

9. Wettability Analysis and Water absorption studies of plasma activated polymeric materials

10. Microscopic Analysis of plasma activated polymeric materials

11. Spectroscopic Analysis of plasma activated polymeric materials

12. SIMS and Nano SIMS Analysis of plasma activated polymeric materials

13. Scattering Techniques (Light, X-ray and Neutron) to analyse plasma activated polymeric materials

14. XPS Anaysis of plasma activated polymeric materials

15. Plasma modified polymeric materials for scaffolding of bone tissue engineering

16. Plasma modified polymeric materials for implant applications

17. Plasma modified polymeric materials for biosensors / bio device applications

18. Plasma modified polymeric materials for bio packaging

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 8, 2018
  • Language: English

About the editors

ST

Sabu Thomas

Professor Sabu Thomas is currently an Emeritus Professor of Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He was the former Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University. He is a Senior Professor of Christ University, Bangalore, India. He is also a visiting Professor at the Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, and an Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India. He is the Chairman of the TrEST Research Park, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. The H index of Professor Thomas is 163 and he has more than 133,000 citations

Affiliations and expertise
Emeritus Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, and Director, International and Inter-University Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology; Chairman, TrEST Research Park; Former Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University — Kottayam, Kerala, India

MM

Miran Mozetič

Miran Mozetič is Professor and Head of the Department of Surface Engineering and Optoelectronics at the Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is the leader of a research group working on generation and characterization of highly reactive gaseous plasma, interdisciplinary research on interaction of non-equilibrium plasma with organic materials, plasma nanoscience, as well as development of different technologies for
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Surface Engineering, Jožef Stefan Institute / University of Nova Gorica; Deputy Director, Plasmadis Ltd — Nova Gorica, Slovenia

UC

Uros Cvelbar

Dr Uroš Cvelbar is a full professor and the head of the Department of Gaseous Electronics at the Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia. In addition, he serves as a professor, predominantly instructing postgraduate courses at the University of Ljubljana and various other European universities. Professor Cvelbar holds the esteemed title of Erudite professor in India, serves as a visiting professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and is a distinguished member of the Club of Rome (Slovenian Association) and a fellow of WAAS (World Academy of Arts and Sciences).
Affiliations and expertise
Full Professor, Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia

PS

Petr Spatenka

Petr Špatenka is Head of the Department of Materials Engneering at the Czech Technical University in Prague. He is also Director of the Department of Applied Physics and Technoloy at the University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, and Co-owner of SufaceTreat, a company focused on plasma technology.
Affiliations and expertise
Head of the Department of Materials Engneering, Czech Technical University, Prague

KP

K.M. Praveen

Praveen KM is a Research Scholar, International and Inter University Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India, and Université de Bretagne-Sud, France
Affiliations and expertise
Research Scholar, International and Interuniversity Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India, and Universite de Bretagne-Sud, France

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