Plasma-surface interaction at atmospheric pressure: A case study of polystyrene etching and surface modification by Ar/O₂ plasma jet

Engineering & Materials Science

• Beam plasma interactions 100%
• Plasma jets 97%
• Polystyrenes 72%
• Atmospheric pressure 70%
• Etching 68%
• Surface treatment 66%
• Plasmas 58%
• Chemical analysis 23%
• Oxidation 15%
• Nozzles 15%
• Gases 15%
• Plasma applications 14%
• Polymers 13%
• Surface reactions 12%
• Substrates 12%
• Polymer films 11%
• Activation energy 9%
• Fluxes 7%
• Oxygen 7%
• Temperature 7%

Physics & Astronomy

• surface reactions 65%
• plasma jets 59%
• polystyrene 56%
• atmospheric pressure 56%
• etching 47%
• nozzles 19%
• polymers 18%
• oxidation 15%
• gas composition 12%
• chemical composition 9%
• radio frequencies 9%
• vapor phases 8%
• activation energy 7%
• temperature dependence 6%
• oxygen 6%
• kinetics 6%
• decay 5%
• gases 5%
• temperature 3%

Chemical Compounds

• Jet 67%
• Etching 57%
• Plasma 39%
• Pressure 36%
• Gas 25%
• Polystyrene Polymer 22%
• Surface 20%
• Environment 17%
• Oxidation Reaction 14%
• Reaction Activation Energy 10%
• Modification 8%
• Liquid Film 7%