Non-Thermal Plasma Technology for Polymeric Materials. Applications in Composites, Nanostructured Materials, and Biomedical Fields

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

Authors

Sabu Thomas Vice Chancellor, Mahatma Gandhi University, and Director of the School of Energy Materials, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. Prof. Sabu Thomas, an outstanding Alumnus of IIT, Kharagpur, is one of India's most renowned scientists in the area of Polymers. After completing his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur (1984-1987), he joined MG University as a Lecturer in 1997 and later became its Vice Chancellor. He has taken up a large number of visiting assignments abroad. Under his leadership, the University has been ranked 713th by TIMES, 30th in NIRF and the best University inKerala. He has supervised 120 Ph.D. students, authored 1,300 publications and edited 150 books earning him a H-index of 112 and 60,000 citations. He has received Honoris Causa degrees from Russia and France and obtained grants amounting to Rs. 30 crores for research funding from India and abroad. He has been ranked 114th in the list of the world's best scientists and 2nd in India by the Stanford University Ranking in Polymers. He was elected as a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences. Considering his excellent contributions in teaching, research and administration, Prof. Thomas is the best candidate for the outstanding Alumnus award of IIT KGP. Miran Mozetic Professor and Head, Department of Surface Engineering and Optoelectronics, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Miran Mozetic 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 Uros Cvelbar Senior Research Scientist and Deputy Head, Department of Surface Engineering and Optoelectronics, Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Uros Cvelbar is Senior Research Scientist and Deputy Head of the Department of Surface Engineering and Optoelectronics at the Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia. He also works part-time as professor and teaches mostly postgraduate courses in Ljubljana, and some other European Universities like the University of Barcelona, Tomas Bata University, and others. Petr Spatenka Head of the Department of Materials Engneering, Czech Technical University, Prague. Petr Spatenka 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 Ceské Budejovice, and Co-owner of SufaceTreat, a company focused on plasma technology. Praveen K.M. Research Scholar, International and Interuniversity Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, India, and Universite de Bretagne-Sud, France. 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