Advances in Plasma Processes for Polymers

<p>Polymerized nanoparticles and nanofibers can be prepared using various processes such as chemical synthesis the electrochemical method electrospinning ultrasonic irradiation hard and soft templates seeding polymerization interfacial polymerization and plasma polymerization. Among these processes plasma polymerization and aerosol-through-plasma (A-T-P) processes have versatile advantages especially due to them being dry for the deposition of plasma polymer films and carbon-based materials with functional properties suitable for a wide range of applications such as electronic and optical devices protective coatings and biomedical materials. Furthermore it is well known that plasma polymers are highly cross-linked pinhole free branched insoluble and adhere well to most substrates. In order to synthesize the polymer films using the plasma processes therefore it is very important to increase the density and electron temperature of plasma during plasma polymerization.</p>