Category: Cleaning and Sterilization
Surface cleaning and sterilization are oftentimes required to remove organic and microbial contaminants and prepare surfaces for subsequent processing. The following papers discuss work that utilize Harrick Plasma equipment to create a sterile environment to improve test/experimental conditions, or to clean surfaces to enhance surface bonding.
Articles- Damlin, P., C. Kvarnström, A. Ivaska. "Electrochemical Synthesis and in Situ Spectroelectrochemical Characterization of Poly(3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene) (PEDOT) in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids." J. Electroanal. Chem. (2004) 570: 113–122.
- Pavoor, P.V., B.P. Gearing, A. Bellare, R. E. Cohen. "Tribological Characteristics of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers." Wear (2004) 256: 1196-1207.
- Qu, Dan, Damien Baigl, Claudine E. Williams, Helmuth Möhwald, Andreas Fery. "Dependence of Structural Forces in Polyelectrolyte Solutions on Charge Density: a Combined AFM/SAXS Study." Macromolecules (2003) 36: 6878-6883.
- Salomaki, Mikko, Kari Loikas, Jouko Kankare. "Effect of Polyelectrolyte Multilayers on the Response of a Quartz Crystal Microbalance." Anal. Chem. (2003) 75: 5895-5904.
- Hsieh, Meng-Da, Edward T. Zellers. "In Situ UV-Photopolymerization of Gas-Phase Monomers for Microanalytical System Applications." Sens. Actuators, B (2002) 82: 287-296.
- Mennicke, Ulrike, Tim Salditt. "Preparation of Solid-Supported Lipid Bilayers by Spin-Coating." Langmuir (2002) 18: 8172-8177.
- Sukhishvili, Svetlana A., Yan Chen, Joachim D. Müller, Enrico Gratton, Kenneth S. Schweizer, Steve Granick. "Surface Diffusion of Poly(Ethylene Glycol)." Macromolecules (2002) 35: 1776-1784.
- Wang, Tom C., Robert E. Cohen, Michael F. Rubner. "Metallodielectric Photonic Structures Based on Polyelectrolyte Multilayers." Adv. Mater. (2002) 14(21): 1534-1537.
- McGuiggan, Patricia M., Jun Zhang, Stephen M. Hsu. "Comparison of Friction Measurements Using the Atomic Force Microscope and the Surface Forces Apparatus: the Issue of Scale." Tribol. Lett. (2001) 10(4): 217-223.
- Michalski, Marie-Caroline, Pedro Brogueira, Amélia Gonçalves da Silva, Benilde Saramago. "Topography of Collapsed Triglyceride Monolayers on Glass." Eur. J. Lipid Sci. Technol. (2001) 103: 677-682.
- Rojas, Orlando J., Ronald D. Neuman, Per M. Claesson. "Desorption of Low-Charge-Density Polyelectrolyte Adlayersin Aqueous Sodium n-Dodecyl Sulfate Solution." J. Colloid Interface Sci. (2001) 237: 104-111.
- Rudmann, H., M. F. Rubner. "Single Layer Light-Emitting Devices with High Efficiency and Long Lifetime Based on Tris(2,2' Bipyridyl) Ruthenium(II) Hexafluorophosphate." J. Appl. Phys. (2001) 90(9): 4338-4345.
- Feiler, Adam, Paul Jenkins, John Ralston. "Metal Oxide Surfaces Separated by Aqueous Solutions of Linear Polyphosphates : DLVO and Non-DLVO Interaction Forces." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2000) 2: 5678-5683.
- Fielden, Matthew L., Robert A. Hayes, John Ralston. "Oscillatory and Ion-Correlation Forces Observed in Direct Force Measurements Between Silica Surfaces in Concentrated Solutions CaCl2 ." Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2000) 2: 2623-2628.
- Lemmetyinen, H., E. Vuorimaa, A. Jutila, Veli-Matti Mukkala, Harri Takalo, Jouko Kankare. "A Time-Resolved Study of the Mechanism of the Energy Transfer from a Ligand to the Lanthanide(III)Ion in Solutions and Solid Films." Luminescence (2000) 15: 341-350.
- Köthe, M., M. Müller, F. Simon, H. Komber, H.-J. Jacobasch, H.-J. Adler. "Examination of Poly(Butadiene Epoxide)-Coatings on Inorganic Surfaces." Colloid. Surface. A (1999) 154: 75-85.
- Dicko, Awa, Hélène Bourque, Michel Pezolet. "Study by Infrared Spectroscopy of the Conformation of Dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol Monolayers at the Air–Water Interface and Transferred on Solid Substrates." Chem. Phys. Lipids (1998) 96: 125-139.
- Hesby, Richard M., Chris R. Haganman, Clark M. Stanford. "Effects of Radio Frequency Glow Discharge on Impression Material Surface Wettability." J. Prosthet. Dent. (1997) 77: 414-422.
- Hähner, Georg, Andreas Marti, Nicholas D. Spencer. "The Influence of pH on Friction Between Oxide Surfaces in Electrolytes, Studied with Lateral Force Microscopy: Application as a Nanochemical Imaging Technique." Tribol. Lett. (1997) 3: 359-365.
- Palmer, Diane Gesty, Nancy L. Thompson. "Binding of the Soluble, Truncated Form of an Fc Receptor (Mouse FcγRII) to Membrane-Bound IgG as Measured by Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy." J. Mol. Recogn. (1997) 10: 63-72.
- Tamm, Lukas K., Suren A. Tatulian. "Orientation of Functional and Nonfunctional PTS Permease Signal Sequences in Lipid Bilayers: a Polarized Attenuated Total Reflection Infrared Study." Biochemistry (1993) 32: 7720-7726.
- Chaudhury, Manoj K., George M. Whitesides. "Direct Measurement of Interfacial Interactions Between Semispherical Lenses and Flat Sheets of Poly( Dimethylsiloxane) and Their Chemical Derivatives." Langmuir (1991) 7: 1013-1025.
- Doundoulakis, J. H.. "Surface Analysis of Titanium After Sterilization: Role in Implant-Tissue Interface and Bioadhesion." J. Prosthet. Dent. (1987) 58: 471-478.