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Variability in Plasma Polymerization Processes – An International Round‐ R obin Study
Author(s) -
Whittle Jason D.,
Short Robert D.,
Steele David A.,
Bradley James W.,
Bryant Paul M.,
Jan Faiq,
Biederman Hynek,
Serov Anton A.,
Choukurov Andrei,
Hook Andrew L.,
Ciridon Winston A.,
Ceccone Giacomo,
Hegemann Dirk,
Körner Enrico,
Michelmore Andrew
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
plasma processes and polymers
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.644
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1612-8869
pISSN - 1612-8850
DOI - 10.1002/ppap.201300029
Subject(s) - plasma polymerization , plasma , polymerization , polymer , volumetric flow rate , materials science , atmospheric pressure plasma , nuclear engineering , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , analytical chemistry (journal) , chemistry , thermodynamics , physics , nuclear physics , composite material , engineering , organic chemistry
This multi‐centre investigation explores the variability that results from using the power/flow rate ratio ( W / F ) to describe plasma treatment and plasma polymerization processes. Results from fourteen reactors of different design and spread across ten laboratories, showed that the chemistry of the treated and deposited polymer/plasma polymer films is highly variable between reactor systems, and that there was no clear pattern linking these variations to other properties of the reactor systems (e.g. pressure, volume, electrode configuration). Although W / FM provides a useful rule‐of‐thumb for process optimization within a single system, it does not provide sufficient information to enable the same plasma polymer to be produced on a different system.