A plasma coatingprocess uses synthetic silica compounds called siloxanes to create a water-repellent silicone-like layer on fibers, even stretchy ones.

When a patient's blood flows through catheters, stents or other medical devices, there's always a risk that harmful clots may ...

functional plasma coatings, and surface activation to improve adhesion. The system includes a cylindrical 150mm diameter stainless steel plasma process chamber, colour touchscreen to allow variables ...

In the BioPlas4Paper project, researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST and ...

University of B.C. researchers have developed a groundbreaking coating that could make medical devices safer for millions of ...

The process of plasma welding is used to bring better control to the arc ... This technique has deeper penetration and greater tolerance to surface contamination including coating. The machines used ...

After the Corona crisis, hygiene is an important requirement to reduce the risk of infection. This is why the demand for ...

Corona treaters and plasma cleaners generate and expose organic or polymer substrates to ionized gas in order to improve the wettability of adhesives, paints, inks, or other coatings. To create ...

Plasma technology offers ideal conditions for this. The plasma coatings developed at Fraunhofer IFAM are not only fluorine-free (Zero-F), but also are additive-free. They can be applied to almost all ...

Fridman considers most of the major applications of plasma chemistry, from electronics to thermal coatings, from treatment of polymers ... Inorganic gas phase plasma decomposition process 6. Gas-phase ...

The SL-1040 pairs new process control and new maintenance features, ideal for conformal coating in high-volume electronics ...

In the process of doing so ... resulted in a surprisingly dark end result. Fresh from the plasma chamber, a wood sample has a thin coating of white powder that, once removed, reveals an ultra ...