Grafting/Characterization Techniques/Kinetic Modeling

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Label

Grafting/Characterization Techniques/Kinetic Modeling

Subject

• Chemistry, Physical organic
• Chemical engineering
• Physical Chemistry
• Condensed Matter Physics
• Polymer Sciences
• Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
• Polymers

Language

• eng
• eng

Summary

Most of the untreated surfaces of polymers used in industry are not hydrophilic but hydrophobic. It is, therefore, difficult to bond these nonpolar polymer sur­ faces directly to other substances like adhesives, printing inks, and paints because they generally consist of polar compounds. On the other hand, polymer surfaces generally adsorb proteins when brought into direct contact with a bio­ logical system, resulting in cell attachment or platelet aggregation. The protein adsorption and attachment of biological components trigger a subsequent series of mostly adverse biological reactions toward the polymeric materials. Therefore, the technologies for surface modification of polymers or regulation of the polymer surface interaction with other substances have been of prime importance in polymer applications from the advent of polymer industries. Some of the technologies have been directed to introduction of new function­ alities onto polymer surfaces. The new functionalities introduced include improved surface hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity, bio compatibility, conductivi­ ty, anti-fogging, anti-fouling, grazing, surface hardness, surface roughness, adhesion, lubrication, and antistatic property. Theoretically, there is a large dif­ ference in properties between the surface and the bulk of a material and only the outermost surface is enough to be taken into consideration when the sur­ face properties are concerned. However, this is not the case for polymer surfaces, as the physical structure of the outermost polymer surface is generally not fixed but continuously changing with time due to the microscopic Brownian motion of polymer segments

Member of

• Advances in Polymer Science,, 137

Dewey number

547.7 s 547.7

Language note

English

LC call number

QD380-388

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Series statement

Advances in Polymer Science,

Series volume

137