Mosaic-like development

According to the above developed considerations, surfaces can be described as a mosaic-like structure of which individual elements contribute locally and specifically to their residual binding capacity and their electrical potential. The individual characteristics of these elements and their microtopography determine, via a first series of interactions with water molecules and small solutes, which plasma... 

The synthesis of block and graft copolymers by mechanical forces has been earlier reviewed by many authors [6-12]. Thus, this review is not intended to be exhaustive but to provide a different approach. The material is organized here like that in the rest of the book, that is, by state of matter rather than by the instruments used. A descriptive mosaic thus may be presented for the parallel studies developing in different countries and in different facets of the field. Some of the original references may be difficult to procure so that more general secondary references are cited in some cases. This chapter represents the only major portion of this book that has been published. An earlier version appeared in Advances in Polymer Science 17, 1 (1975). 

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