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MECHANICAL AND PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF RF DEPOSITED PLASMA POLYMERS

MANIAN, HRISHIKESH
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1108996115

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2005, MS, University of Cincinnati, Engineering : Materials Science.
Plasma, the fourth state of matter, has been used for engineering applications since the early 1960s. The technology of depositing carbon- based films, popularly known as plasma polymers, is one of the applications of this technology. Plasma polymerization is an environment-friendly technology owing to its dry nature and therefore is becoming a topic of increasing interest both in the academic as well as industrial communities. Plasma polymer films have been used for surface modification of semiconductors in the electronics industry, as adhesion enhancers for metals in the automotive as well as the biomaterial industry as well as for films for gas sensing applications. However, plasma polymers have not been studied in depth for their ability to mechanically enhance the substrate as well as to protect different types of substrates. In this work, which has been segregated into three parts, plasma polymers of different monomers have been deposited on different substrates like flat porous silica and particulate matter like nanoparticles and pigments. In the first part, the films have been characterized at different deposition conditions and the mechanical properties like hardness and scratch resistance have been studied. The second part focuses on the corrosion resistance that these plasma polymers offer to the particles. In the third part, the surface modified pigments have been incorporated in novel organic coatings to study how these surface-modified pigments enhance the protective property of these coatings.
Dr. Wim van Ooij (Advisor)
surface modification; Plasma Polymerization

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  • MANIAN, H. (2005). MECHANICAL AND PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF RF DEPOSITED PLASMA POLYMERS [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1108996115

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • MANIAN, HRISHIKESH. MECHANICAL AND PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF RF DEPOSITED PLASMA POLYMERS. 2005. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1108996115.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • MANIAN, HRISHIKESH. "MECHANICAL AND PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES OF RF DEPOSITED PLASMA POLYMERS." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1108996115

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