Issue 33, 2013

Nanoscale deposition of chemically functionalised films via plasma polymerisation

Abstract

Plasma polymerisation is a technologically important surface engineering process capable of depositing ultra-thin functionalised films for a variety of purposes. It has many advantages over other surface engineering processes, including that it is completely dry, can be used for complex geometries, and the physico-chemical properties of the film can be tailored through judicious choice of processing conditions. Despite this, the mechanisms of film growth are largely unknown, and current models are based on purely chemical arguments. Consideration of some basic plasma physics shows that some species can arrive at surfaces with energies greater than 1000 kJ mol−1 (>10 eV), and thus open a range of surface reactions that have not been considered previously. This review aims to close the gap between the physics and chemistry of reactive plasma systems.

Graphical abstract: Nanoscale deposition of chemically functionalised films via plasma polymerisation

Article information

Article type
Review Article
Submitted
02 Apr 2013
Accepted
21 May 2013
First published
22 May 2013

RSC Adv., 2013,3, 13540-13557

Nanoscale deposition of chemically functionalised films via plasma polymerisation

A. Michelmore, D. A. Steele, J. D. Whittle, J. W. Bradley and R. D. Short, RSC Adv., 2013, 3, 13540 DOI: 10.1039/C3RA41563E

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