A Review of Plasma Synthesis Methods for Polymer Films and Nanoparticles under Atmospheric Pressure Conditions

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In this paper, we present an overview of recent approaches in the gas/aerosol-through-plasma (GATP) and liquid plasma methods for synthesizing polymer films and nanoparticles (NPs) using an atmospheric-pressure plasma (APP) technique. We hope to aid students and researchers starting out in the polymerization field by compiling the most commonly utilized simple plasma synthesis methods, so that they can readily select a method that best suits their needs. Although APP methods are widely employed for polymer synthesis, and there are many related papers for specific applications, reviews that provide comprehensive coverage of the variations of APP methods for polymer synthesis are rarely reported. We introduce and compile over 50 recent papers on various APP polymerization methods that allow us to discuss the existing challenges and future direction of GATP and solution plasma methods under ambient air conditions for large-area and mass nanoparticle production.

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Paola Rizzo: Role: Academic Editor

Antonio Zuorro: Role: Academic Editor

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Polymers (Basel)

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Polymers (Basel)

Journal ID (publisher-id): polymers

Title: Polymers

Publisher: MDPI

ISSN (Electronic): 2073-4360

Publication date (Electronic): 10 July 2021

Publication date Collection: July 2021

Volume: 13

Issue: 14

Electronic Location Identifier: 2267

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[1 ]School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, College of IT Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea; bs00201@ 123456knu.ac.kr (H.J.J.); eyjung@ 123456knu.ac.kr (E.Y.J.)

[2 ]GBS (Global Business Services) IT, The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH 45202, USA; trav.parson@ 123456gmail.com

[3 ]School of Electronics Engineering, College of IT Engineering, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea

[4 ]Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66506, USA

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[* ]Correspondence: hstae@ 123456ee.knu.ac.kr (H.-S.T.); purplepcs@ 123456ksu.edu (C.-S.P.)

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These authors contributed equally to this work.

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Publisher ID: polymers-13-02267

DOI: 10.3390/polym13142267

PMC ID: 8309454

PubMed ID: 34301024

SO-VID: 247035c4-d098-4950-8fcd-5036a1e70589

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Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

A Review of Plasma Synthesis Methods for Polymer Films and Nanoparticles under Atmospheric Pressure Conditions

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