Non-thermal Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Treatment of Metal Surfaces
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 142
Special Issue Editor
2. Department of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Federal Rural University of Semiarid Region, Mossoro 59625-900, Brazil
Interests: biomaterials; plasma treatment surfaces; cell adhesion; titanium; biocompatiblity
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Dear Colleagues,
Non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma (NTAPP) is a versatile and promising technology quite useful in many industries including biomedical, biotechnology, textiles, and food processing. In recent years, researchers have been able to transfer the knowledge developed for film deposition, nitriding, carburizing, oxidation or cleaning of metallic surfaces to new technologies that use NTAPP as an energy source. This tendency is fully justified by the fact that NTAPP avoids the use of expensive pumping systems, the construction of complex chambers for transferring air to vacuum and vice versa, with a high pressure gap. However, there are many challenges along the way that need to be discussed in a forum like the one proposed here.To understanding the complex reaction mechanisms that occur at atmospheric pressure, the influence of different plasma parameters and how to control surface properties by controlling external parameters is challenging
Thus, this special edition aims to present the most recent experimental developments (apparatus, diagnostic and monitoring techniques, industrial prototypes, etc.), as well as methods for modeling and simulating processes by NTAPP on metallic surfaces. Application contexts of interest include original research work on thermochemical treatments (nitriding, carburizing and oxidation), coating and deposition, and cleaning of metal surfaces.
Prof. Dr. Clodomiro Alves Junior
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- plasma treatment
- surface
- deposition
- non-thermal atmospheric pressure
- NTAPP
- plasma nitriding
- coating
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