Atmospheric Pressure Plasma for Surface Modification -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Plasma - The Fourth State of Matter -- 1.1 Fundamentals of Plasmas -- 1.2 Thermal vs. Non thermal Plasmas -- 1.2.1 Thermal Plasmas -- 1.2.2 Nonthermal Plasmas -- 1.3 Mechanisms for Surfaces Reactions -- 2 Plasmas for Surface Modification -- 2.1 Low-Pressure Plasmas -- 2.1.1 Surface Etching -- 2.2 Microwave Systems -- 2.3 Physical Vapor Deposition Systems -- 2.3.1 Physical Vapor Deposition Process -- 2.3.2 Ion Plating Process -- 2.3.3 Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition Process -- 2.4 Atmospheric Plasma Systems -- 2.4.1 Dielectric Barrier Discharge Systems -- 2.5 Atmospheric Plasma Precursor Deposition Systems -- 3 Atmospheric Plasma Surface Modification Effects -- 3.1 Surface Cleaning -- 3.2 Surface Etching -- 3.2.1 Etching with Capacitively-Coupled Plasmas -- 3.2.2 Etching with Inductively-Coupled Plasmas -- 3.3 Surface Functionalization -- 3.4 Grafting and Surface Polymerization Effects -- 4 Characterization Methods of Atmospheric Plasma Surface Modifications -- 4.1 Surface Characterization Techniques -- 4.2 X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) -- 4.2.1 Design and Analytical Capabilities -- 4.2.2 Application Examples -- 4.2.3 Imaging of XPS -- 4.2.4 Element Mapping -- 4.3 Static Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry by Time-of-Flight (ToF-SIMS) -- 4.4 Atomic Force Microscopy -- 4.4.1 Static Mode -- 4.4.2 Dynamic Mode -- 4.5 Scanning Electron Microscopy -- 4.6 Transition Electron Microscopy (TEM) -- 4.7 Visual Methodologies -- 4.7.1 Dyne Solutions -- 4.7.2 Contact Angle -- 4.7.3 Peel Force Adhesion -- 5 Atmospheric Plasma Modification of Roll-to-Roll Polymeric Surfaces -- 5.1 Material Classifications and Applications -- 5.2 Atmospheric Plasma Processing Surface Effects -- 5.3 Assessments of Surface Modification Effects.

6 Atmospheric Plasma Modification of Three-Dimensional Polymeric Surfaces -- 6.1 Material Classifications and Applications -- 6.2 Atmospheric Plasma Processing Surface Effects -- 6.3 Assessments of Surface Modification Effects -- 7 Atmospheric Plasma Modification of Textile Surfaces -- 7.1 Material Classifications and Applications -- 7.2 Atmospheric Plasma Processing Surface Effects -- 7.3 Assessments of Surface Modification Effects -- 8 Atmospheric Plasma Modification of Paper Surfaces -- 8.1 Material Classifications and Applications -- 8.2 Atmospheric Plasma Processing Surface Effects -- 8.3 Assessments of Surface Modification Effects -- 9 Atmospheric Plasma Modification of Metal Surfaces -- 9.1 Material Classifications and Applications -- 9.2 Atmospheric Plasma Processing Surface Effects -- 9.3 Assessments of Surface Modification Effects -- 10 Atmospheric Plasma Surface Antimicrobial Effects -- 10.1 Antimicrobial Surface Effects -- 10.2 Inactivation and Sterilization Methods - Medical -- 10.3 Inactivation and Sterilization Methods - Food -- 11 Economic and Ecological Considerations -- 11.1 Operating Cost Comparison of Atmospheric Plasma Systems -- 11.2 Environmental/Sustainable Advantages -- 12 Emerging and Future Atmospheric Plasma Applications -- 12.1 Solar and Other Alternative Energy Systems -- 12.2 Energy Storage Technologies -- 12.3 Aviation and Aerospace Applications -- 12.4 Electronic Device Fabrication -- 12.5 Air Purification Applications -- 12.6 Medical Engineering -- 13 Economic and Environmental Assessment -- 13.1 Goal and Scope -- 13.2 Functional Units -- 13.3 System Boundaries -- 13.4 Data Documentation -- 13.5 Lifecycle Interpretation -- References -- Index.