Plasma Processing of Materials: Applications and Opportunities
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Manufacturing Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 March 2024) | Viewed by 370
Special Issue Editor
Interests: plasma technology on materials processing; solar cell; water splitting; hydrogen generation; supercapacitor; redox flow cell; fuel cell; battery; flexible electronics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Plasma technology is a versatile tool that has been applied in many material surface modification and deposition processes. Non-thermal low-pressure plasma has been extensively used in industry. Recent developments in atmospheric-pressure plasma has widened plasma applications in regular-pressure environments and roll-to-roll processes. Abundant ions and electrons of plasmas are highly reactive with many materials. These reactive plasma species, in conjunction with heat and ion bombardment effect, create many material processing possibilities, enabling ultrafast material processing capability and rapid surface activation and cleaning. Plasma has been applied in many material processes, such as plasma polymerization, sputtering, plasma spray, plasma grafting, plasma etching, plasma surface modification and treatment of materials, plasma surface cleaning, prior thin film deposition or glue bonding, and interfacial engineering.
This Special Issue encompasses all plasma processes related to materials; for example, plasma polymerization, plasma surface treatment and modification of materials, plasma treatment prior to coatings, plasma processing for composites, plasma etching of materials, plasma grafting, plasma syntheses of organic–inorganic hybrid materials, and interfacial engineering of materials. Papers concerning material characterizations of plasma-processed materials and new applications of plasma technology to material processing are all invited.
Prof. Dr. Jian-Zhang Chen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- low-pressure plasma
- non-thermal plasma
- atmospheric pressure plasma
- dielectric barrier discharge
- corona discharge
- etching
- surface treatment
- surface modification
- plasma polymerization
- metals
- alloys
- ceramics
- semiconductors
- conductive polymer
- polymer
- composites
- organic–inorganic hybrid materials
- surface coating
- paint
- adhesion
- bonding
