Physics of Plasma — what plasma is, how it is generated and sustained, and the basics of how it interacts with a material surface

 

Plasma Advantages — the advantages of plasma surface treatment for the surface itself, process flexibility and consistency, low-cost, ease-of-use, and user and environmental safety

 

Plasma-Surface Interaction — the fundamental modalities of plasma-surface interaction: ablation, activation, crosslinking and deposition

 

Plasma Process Gases — Air,O2,N2,Ar,H2 : a guide to the use of different plasma process gases for chemical and mechanical contamination removal, oxidation, activation, crosslinking and deposition

 

Plasma Cleaner Information

Plasma Cleaner Features — Plasma Cleaner product features, model options, device requirements and applied power settings

 

Plasma Accessory Features — product features of our PlasmaFlo gas mixing/metering and vacuum pump accessories

 

Details of Operation — basic principles of operation, details of operational procedure and general guidance on surface cleaning and modification

 

Ordering Information — contact and ordering information for our low-cost Plasma Cleaner models and PlasmaFlo gas mixing/metering and vacuum pump accessories

 

Technical References — a partial listing of technical articles and patents that reference the use of our Plasma Cleaner models

 

Specific Plasma Applications

Plasma Applications: Plasma Cleaning — the advantages of plasma cleaning for surface preparation prior to bonding and other applications; ATR measurements demonstrating contaminant removal following plasma cleaning

 

Plasma Applications: Polymers — surface cleaning and surface treatment of polymers, surface restructuring through polymer crosslinking, chemical surface modification through activation and grafting, and polymer surface deposition

 

Plasma Applications: Biomaterials — sterilization of medical instruments, adhesion promotion of biomaterials, alteration of biomaterial wetting properties, deposition of biomaterial coatings and plasma enhancement of biocompatibility