Application of low-temperature plasma for the conservation of cultural heritage: A brief review

The fractal geometry of polymeric materials surfaces: surface area and fractal length scales

“…More importantly, cold plasmas are used to treat polymeric surfaces without damaging or degrading bulk polymeric chains, 20,21 thus retaining their bulk macroscopic properties. Typically, a cold plasma 22,23 operates by grafting chemical groups 24,25 and depositing monomers 26,27 on the treated material, thus promoting chemical and physical etching at the nanoscales. A cold oxygen plasma has been employed to treat PTFE, suggesting that the resulting nanostructures were due to etching, 28 while surface modifications of PTFE have been studied using atmospheric pressure plasma-grafted polymerization, 29 and the modified Wilhelmy balance technique.…”

Enhanced Hydrogen Generation through Low-Temperature Plasma Treatment of Waste Aluminum for Hydrolysis Reaction

“…During a sequence of ionization and excitation events, the plasma generates reactive species such as ions, radicals, and electrons, initiating interactions with the treated material surface. This, in turn, encourages the removal of surface contaminants through physical and chemical interactions and/or creates microstructures like cracks or pores according to selected plasma treatment parameters [ 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ].…”