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The following is a selection of PTS publications and presentations throughout the past 25 years. Please call for additional information.

 
PTS Historical Profile, M. Larner, SurFACTS in Biomaterials, 2006, Vol. 11, Issue 3.

The Challenges of Gas Plasma – Its Diversity, M. Larner and S.L. Kaplan, In: (M. Helmus and D. Medlin, eds) Medical Device Materials II: Proceedings of the Materials & Processes for Medical Device Conference, August 25-27, 2004, St. Paul, MN.

Plasma Processes for Wide Fabric, Film and Non-wovens, S.L. Kaplan, Surface & Coatings Technology 186 (2004) 214-217

Cold Gas Plasma and Silanes, S.L. Kaplan, paper based on presentation to the Fourth International Symposium on Silanes and Other Coupling Agents, June 11-13, 2003, Orlando, FL

Modification of Inert Surfaces by PECVD and their Characterization by Surface Analysis Techniques, A. Craig, A. Ginwalla, I. Mowat (Charles Evans and Associates) with S.L. Kaplan and M. Larner (4th State, Inc.)., Poster Presentation at Biointerface 2003, October 22-24, 2003, Savannah, GA

Functional Sites on Non-polymeric Materials: Gas Plasma Treatment and Surface Analysis, 4th State, Inc. and Evans Analytical Group, EAG Technical Note, 2003

PSAs Tenaciously Bond to Non-Stick Film after Plasma Surface Treatment, S.L. Kaplan, D.J. Naab, Adhesives & Sealants Industry, February, 2001

Plasma Assisted Coatings for the Plastics Industry, O.S. Kolluri, S.L. Kaplan, D.A. Frazier, Fourth International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies, Paris, France, November, 1990

Surface Treatment, Eric Finson and Stephen L. Kaplan, Chapter from the Wiley Encyclopedia of Packaging Technology, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1997

Modification of Polymeric Material Surfaces with Plasmas, Don M. Coates and Stephen L. Kaplan, Plasma Processing of Advanced Materials, MRS Bulletin, August 1996

Gas Plasma Treatment of Kevlar® and Spectra® Fabrics for Advanced Composites, Stephen L. Kaplan and Wally P. Hansen, SAMPE International Conference, Orlando, FL, October 29, 1997

Plasma cleaning and drying: Alternatives to conventional technologies, M. Hozbor and A.C. Greene, Proceedings in Precision Cleaning 1994, 138-147

Plasma Processes Boost Bondability of Rubber and Metal, Maria Hozbor, Adhesives Age, December 1993.

Plasma Processes and Adhesive Bonding of Polytetrafluoroethylene, S.L. Kaplan, E.S. Lopata and J. Smith, Surface and Interface Analysis, 1993, 20:331-226

Achieving Optimum Bond Strength with Plasma Treatment, G.P. Hansen, R.A. Rushing, R.W. Warren, S.L. Kaplan and O.S. Kolluri, Society of Manufacturing Engineers Technical Paper AD89-537, 1989.

Gas plasma treated of Spectra® Fiber, S.L. Kaplan, P.W. Rose, H.X. Nguyen, H.W. Change, Published in the SAMPE Quarterly, 1988, 19(4)

Obtain the full benefits from high performance fibers, Plasma Science Technical Note

Painting of Plastics, S.L. Kaplan and M.A. Hozbor.

Plasma processing in the Automotive Industry, S.L. Kaplan



Other Papers of Interest

 
PEGylation of UHMWPE to reduce mechanical adhesion, S.R. Kane and L.A. Pruitt, UC San Francisco and UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering.

Plasma methods for the generation of chemically reactive surfaces for biomolecule immobilization and cell colonization – A Review, K.S. Siow, L. Britcher, S. Kumar, H.J. Griesser, Plasma Process. Polym., 2006, 3: 392-418

Functional glass slides for in vitro evaluation of interactions between osteosarcoma TE85 cells and mineral-binding ligands, J. Song, J. Chen, C.M. Klapperich, V. Eng, and C.R. Bertozzi, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2004, 14: 2643-2648

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