Structuring of plasma polymers: new methods for fabrication of nano-architectured thin films
Thesis title in Czech: | Strukturování plazmových polymerů: nové metody přípravy tenkých vrstev s nano-architekturou |
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Thesis title in English: | Structuring of plasma polymers: new methods for fabrication of nano-architectured thin films |
Key words: | nanostruktura, plynový agregační zdroj nanočástic, plazmový polymer, nanokompozit, segmentová dynamika |
English key words: | nanostructure, gas aggregation cluster source, plasma polymer, nanocomposite, segmental dynamics |
Academic year of topic announcement: | 2015/2016 |
Thesis type: | dissertation |
Thesis language: | angličtina |
Department: | Department of Macromolecular Physics (32-KMF) |
Supervisor: | prof. Ing. Andrey Shukurov, Ph.D. |
Author: | hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept. |
Date of registration: | 15.09.2015 |
Date of assignment: | 15.09.2015 |
Confirmed by Study dept. on: | 02.10.2015 |
Date and time of defence: | 05.12.2019 15:00 |
Date of electronic submission: | 18.10.2019 |
Date of submission of printed version: | 29.10.2019 |
Date of proceeded defence: | 05.12.2019 |
Opponents: | prof. RNDr. Stanislav Novák, CSc. |
doc. RNDr. Vítězslav Straňák, Ph.D. | |
Guidelines |
Bude upřesněno, podrobnější informace (choukourov@kmf.troja.mff.cuni.cz) |
References |
H. Biederman, Plasma Polymer Films, Imperial College Press, 2004.
B. M. Smirnov, Cluster Processes in Gases and Plasmas, Wiley-VCH, 2010. A.- L. Barabasi,H. E. Stanley, Fractal Concepts in Surface Growth, Cambridge University Press, 1995. |
Preliminary scope of work in English |
Plasma polymerization has been known for many decades as an effective tool for gas-phase fabrication of thin films. The properties of plasma polymers (chemical composition, mechanical, optical, biological properties etc) can be tuned in a wide range. It has been also recognized that structuring of plasma polymers at nano-scale level opens up the possibilities to create new materials with advanced functionality. Possible applications of these materials include catalysis, sorption, gas and bio-sensing, optics, biomedicine and many others.
The research will be focused on the development of novel methods for nano-structuring of plasma polymers. Attention will be paid to the proper choice of substrate/plasma polymer combination as well as to other experimental parameters to allow for the formation of two-dimensional nano-patterns (islands, dendrites etc) of plasma polymers. Also, pre-seeding of substrates with size-controlled nano-particles produced by a gas aggregation cluster source will be combined with plasma polymerization to fabricate porous (including meso-porous) coatings with tailored nano-architecture. Kinetics of the film formation will be studied by analyzing the surface statistics obtained by methods of scanning probe microscopy. |