Functional Thin Films Synthesized from Liquid Precursors by Combining Mist Chambers and Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Polymerization

For the creation of thin films, the use of precursors in liquid phase offers a viable alternative when these chemicals are sensitive to high temperatures and phase changes. However, it requires appropriate liquid handling and deposition technologies capable of dispensing the fluid homogeneously to p...

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Autores principales:	Laura Barillas, Ekaterina Makhneva, Sehoon An, Katja Fricke
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	thin film plasma polymerization polymer film functional coating mist chamber Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TA1-2040
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bd0d4155f6254bc5a7bac90525b050c82021-11-25T17:16:10ZFunctional Thin Films Synthesized from Liquid Precursors by Combining Mist Chambers and Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Polymerization10.3390/coatings111113362079-6412https://doaj.org/article/bd0d4155f6254bc5a7bac90525b050c82021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/11/11/1336https://doaj.org/toc/2079-6412For the creation of thin films, the use of precursors in liquid phase offers a viable alternative when these chemicals are sensitive to high temperatures and phase changes. However, it requires appropriate liquid handling and deposition technologies capable of dispensing the fluid homogeneously to produce a uniform thin film. We report different tailor-made mist chamber designs integrated in an atmospheric-pressure plasma polymerization process for the synthesis of functional thin polymer films from liquid precursors. A systematic investigation, evaluated by performance indicators, is presented on the characteristics and suitability of metallic 3D-printed mist chambers depending on inner volume, geometry and surface post-treatment, for the deposition of a thin liquid monomer film. To assess the quality of the subsequently obtained plasma-polymerized (pp) films, their properties were characterized in terms of thickness, chemical composition, surface morphology and stability in aqueous environment. It was found that the specification of the mist chambers along with the plasma process parameters influences the pp film’s thickness, surface morphology and degree of monomer conversion. This study is one of the first demonstrations of a controllable process able to tune the cross-linked polymeric chains of plasma-polymers at atmospheric pressure, highlighting the opportunities of using mist chambers and plasma technology to discover tailored organic thin films to materials sciences and life sciences.Laura BarillasEkaterina MakhnevaSehoon AnKatja FrickeMDPI AGarticlethin filmplasma polymerizationpolymer filmfunctional coatingmist chamberEngineering (General). Civil engineering (General)TA1-2040ENCoatings, Vol 11, Iss 1336, p 1336 (2021)
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spellingShingle	thin film plasma polymerization polymer film functional coating mist chamber Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TA1-2040 Laura Barillas Ekaterina Makhneva Sehoon An Katja Fricke Functional Thin Films Synthesized from Liquid Precursors by Combining Mist Chambers and Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Polymerization
description	For the creation of thin films, the use of precursors in liquid phase offers a viable alternative when these chemicals are sensitive to high temperatures and phase changes. However, it requires appropriate liquid handling and deposition technologies capable of dispensing the fluid homogeneously to produce a uniform thin film. We report different tailor-made mist chamber designs integrated in an atmospheric-pressure plasma polymerization process for the synthesis of functional thin polymer films from liquid precursors. A systematic investigation, evaluated by performance indicators, is presented on the characteristics and suitability of metallic 3D-printed mist chambers depending on inner volume, geometry and surface post-treatment, for the deposition of a thin liquid monomer film. To assess the quality of the subsequently obtained plasma-polymerized (pp) films, their properties were characterized in terms of thickness, chemical composition, surface morphology and stability in aqueous environment. It was found that the specification of the mist chambers along with the plasma process parameters influences the pp film’s thickness, surface morphology and degree of monomer conversion. This study is one of the first demonstrations of a controllable process able to tune the cross-linked polymeric chains of plasma-polymers at atmospheric pressure, highlighting the opportunities of using mist chambers and plasma technology to discover tailored organic thin films to materials sciences and life sciences.
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author	Laura Barillas Ekaterina Makhneva Sehoon An Katja Fricke
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title	Functional Thin Films Synthesized from Liquid Precursors by Combining Mist Chambers and Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Polymerization
title_short	Functional Thin Films Synthesized from Liquid Precursors by Combining Mist Chambers and Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Polymerization
title_full	Functional Thin Films Synthesized from Liquid Precursors by Combining Mist Chambers and Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Polymerization
title_fullStr	Functional Thin Films Synthesized from Liquid Precursors by Combining Mist Chambers and Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Polymerization
title_full_unstemmed	Functional Thin Films Synthesized from Liquid Precursors by Combining Mist Chambers and Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Polymerization
title_sort	functional thin films synthesized from liquid precursors by combining mist chambers and atmospheric-pressure plasma polymerization
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/bd0d4155f6254bc5a7bac90525b050c8
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Functional Thin Films Synthesized from Liquid Precursors by Combining Mist Chambers and Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Polymerization

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