Polymer surface modification : relevance to adhesion. Volume 4

Front Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Part 1. Surface Modification Techniques......Page 10
Importance of process conditions in polymer surface modification: A critical assessment......Page 12
Pretreatment and surface modification of polymers via atmospheric-pressure plasma jet treatment......Page 34
The effects of excimer laser irradiation on surface morphology development in stretched poly(ethylene terephthalate), poly(butylene terephthalate) and polystyrene films......Page 42
XeCl excimer laser treatment of Vectran® fibers in diethylenetriamine (DETA) environment......Page 96
Surface modification of polymers by ozone. Comparison of polyethylene and polystyrene treated at different temperatures......Page 122
Atomic force microscopy based studies of photochemically-modified poly(ethylene terephthalate) surfaces......Page 136
Wool surface modification and its influence on related functional properties......Page 148
Surface modification of polyethylene by photosulfonation......Page 166
Covalent coupling of fluorophores to polymer surface-bonded functional groups......Page 180
Functionalization of fiber surfaces by thin layers of chitosan and related carbohydrate biopolymers and their antimicrobial activity......Page 202
Dendrons for surface modification of polymeric materials......Page 218
Surface modification of textile materials by dip-coating with magnetic nanoparticles......Page 228
Part 2. Adhesion Improvement to Polymer Surfaces......Page 238
Adhesion improvement of epoxy resist to a benzocyclobutene layer: Application to nanoimprint lithography......Page 240
Improvement of adhesion between poly(tetrafluoroethylene) and poly(ethylene terephthalate) films......Page 250
Novel approaches to enhance adhesion of cellulose......Page 260
An in-mold application of adhesion promoters to polyolefin substrates......Page 272
Design and control of surface properties of UV-curable acrylic systems......Page 294
Detection of contaminants on polymer surfaces using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)......Page 306