Cover -- Half Title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1: Fundamental Aspects -- Chapter 1: Combinatorial Plasma-based Surface Modification of Polymers by Means of Plasma Printing with Gas-Carrying Plasma Stamps at Ambient Pressure -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Experimental -- 1.3 Results and Discussion -- 1.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 2: Treatment of Polymer Surfaces with Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasmas -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 A General Overview of Surface Modification Results Obtained with Surface DBDs -- 2.3 An Overview of Selected Results Obtained at TNO by the SBD -- 2.4 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 3: Selective Surface Modification of Polymeric Materials by Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas: Selective Substitution Reactions on Polymer Surfaces by Different Plasmas -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Defluorination of Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) Surfaces -- 3.3 Selective Modification of Polymeric Surfaces by Plasma -- 3.4 Summary -- References -- Chapter 4: Permanence of Functional Groups at Polyolefin Surfaces Introduced by Dielectric Barrier Discharge Pretreatment in Presence of Aerosols -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Experimental -- 4.3 Results -- 4.4 Discussion -- 4.5 Summary -- Acknowlegdements -- References -- Chapter 5: Achieving Nano-scale Surface Structure on Wool Fabric by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Experimental -- 5.3 Results and Discussion -- 5.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 6: Deposition of Nanosilica Coatings on Plasma Activated Polyethylene Films -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Experimental -- 6.3 Results and Discussion -- 6.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Chapter 7: Atmospheric Plasma Treatment of Polymers for Biomedical Applications -- 7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Plasma for Materials Processing -- 7.3 Atmospheric Plasma Sources -- 7.4 Effects of Plasma on Polymer Surface -- 7.5 Atmospheric Plasma in Biomedical Applications -- 7.6 Conclusion -- References -- Part 2: Adhesion Enhancement -- Chapter 8: Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Polymerization Surface Treatments by Dielectric Barrier Discharge for Enhanced Polymer-Polymer and Metal-Polymer Adhesion -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Atmospheric Plasma Polymerization Processes -- 8.3 Atmospheric Plasma Surface Modification for Enhanced Adhesion -- 8.4 Applications of Adhesion Improvement Using Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatments -- 8.5 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 9: Adhesion Improvement by Nitrogen Functionalization of Polymers Using DBD-based Plasma Sources at Ambient Pressure -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Amino Functionalization with Nitrogen-Containing Gases -- 9.3 Adhesion Promotion by Amino Functionalization with Nitrogen-Containing Gases -- 9.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 10: Adhesion Improvement of Polypropylene through Aerosol Assisted Plasma Deposition at Atmospheric Pressure -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Experimental -- 10.3 Results and Discussion -- 10.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter 11: The Effect of Helium-Air, Helium-Water Vapor, Helium-Oxygen, and Helium-Nitrogen Atmospheric Pressure Plasmas on the Adhesion Strength of Polyethylene -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Experimental Approach -- 11.3 Results and Discussion -- 11.4 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 12: Atmospheric Plasma Surface Treatment of Styrene-Butadiene Rubber: Study of Adhesion and Ageing Effects -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Experimental -- 12.3 Results and Discussion -- 12.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References.

Chapter 13: Atmospheric Plasma Treatment in Extrusion Coating: Part 1 Surface Wetting and LDPE Adhesion to Paper -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Experimental -- 13.3 Results and Discussion -- 13.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 14: Atmospheric Plasma Treatment in Extrusion Coating: Part 2 Surface Modification of LDPE and PP Coated Papers -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Experimental -- 14.3 Results and Discussion -- 14.4 Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 15: Achieving Enhanced Fracture Toughness of Adhesively Bonded Cured Composite Joint Systems Using Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatments -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Materials and Methods -- 15.3 Characterisation Techniques -- 15.4 Results and Discussion -- 15.5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgement -- References.