Atmospheric plasma cleaning metals

The establishment of clean and efHcient atmospheric plasma technologies to replace traditional methods to clean, create depositions of thin films, and functionalize surfaces of metal substrates constitutes a very critical area of current research and development. The increasing concern for the development of environmentally friendly and sustainable technologies has led to a focus on cold plasma technology, which represents an efficient alternative. Atmospheric plasma treatments can effect the removal of oil from aluminum surfaces, for example. This surface conditioning can also act as a preparation step for thin Him deposition of monomers such as hexamethyldisiloxane to achieve corrosion protection. This interfacial layer can also be functionalized to favor the adhesion of additional polymer layers. 

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