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Nanotexturing of Polystyrene Surface in Fluorocarbon Plasmas:  From Sticky to Slippery Superhydrophobicity by Di Mundo, Rosa, Palumbo, Fabio, d'Agostino, Riccardo

“…In this work plasma etching processes have been studied to roughen and fluorinate polystyrene surface as an easy method to achieve a superhydrophobic slippery…”
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Low temperature reactively sputtered crystalline TiO2 thin film as effective blocking layer for perovskite solar cells by Rajmohan, G.D., Huang, F.Z., d'Agostino, Riccardo, du Plessis, Johan, Dai, X.J.

“…A uniform and compact hole blocking layer is necessary for a high performance perovskite solar cells, as it not only serves as an electron collector but also…”
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Plasma-Aided Micro- and Nanopatterning Processes for Biomedical Applications by Sardella, Eloisa, Favia, Pietro, Gristina, Roberto, Nardulli, Marina, d'Agostino, Riccardo

“…Micro‐ and nanofabrication methods are essential today in microelectronics, optoelectronics, catalysis, and analytics. Recent advances in biomaterials show…”
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Plasma Nanostructuring of Polymers: Different Routes to Superhydrophobicity by Milella, Antonella, Di Mundo, Rosa, Palumbo, Fabio, Favia, Pietro, Fracassi, Francesco, d'Agostino, Riccardo

“…In this paper, we review different plasma processes developed in our laboratory to obtain nanostructured superhydrophobic polymer surfaces. All methods consist…”
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Low-Temperature Plasma Processing of Materials: Past, Present, and Future by d'Agostino, Riccardo, Favia, Pietro, Oehr, Christian, Wertheimer, Michael R.

“…Evidently, all of our readers are well aware of the important role of plasma research as a modern discipline, but fewer are probably conscious of its…”
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GC-MS Investigation of Hexamethyldisiloxane-Oxygen Fed Cold Plasmas: Low Pressure Versus Atmospheric Pressure Operation by Fanelli, Fiorenza, d'Agostino, Riccardo, Fracassi, Francesco

“…This study deals with the investigation by means of gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry (GC‐MS) of the exhaust gas of an rf low pressure (LP) glow discharge…”
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Efficient and Selectable Production of Reactive Species Using a Nanosecond Pulsed Discharge in Gas Bubbles in Liquid by Dai, Xiujuan J., Corr, Cormac S., Ponraj, Sri B., Maniruzzaman, Mohammad, Ambujakshan, Arun T., Chen, Zhiqiang, Kviz, Ladge, Lovett, Robert, Rajmohan, Gayathri D., de Celis, David R., Wright, Marion L., Lamb, Peter R., Krasik, Yakov E., Graves, David B., Graham, William G., d'Agostino, Riccardo, Wang, Xungai

“…A plasma gas bubble‐in‐liquid method for high production of selectable reactive species using a nanosecond pulse generator has been developed. The gas of…”
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Surface plasmon resonance as detection tool for lipids lateral mobility in biomimetic membranes by Margheri, Giancarlo, D'Agostino, Riccardo, Becucci, Lucia, Guidelli, Rolando, Tiribilli, Bruno, Del Rosso, Mario

“…A procedure based on surface plasmon resonance (SPR) is proposed to monitor the lateral mobility of lipid molecules in solid-supported bilayer lipid membranes…”
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Ar/HMDSO/O2 Fed Atmospheric Pressure DBDs: Thin Film Deposition and GC-MS Investigation of By-Products by Fanelli, Fiorenza, Lovascio, Sara, d'Agostino, Riccardo, Arefi-Khonsari, Farzaneh, Fracassi, Francesco

“…The thin film deposition in DBDs fed with Ar/HMDSO/O2 mixtures was studied by comparing the FT‐IR spectra of the deposits with the GC‐MS analyses of the…”
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Fluorination of Polymers by Means of He/CF4-Fed Atmospheric Pressure Glow Dielectric Barrier Discharges by Fanelli, Fiorenza, Fracassi, Francesco, d'Agostino, Riccardo

“…He/CF4‐fed GDBDs were used to fluorinate PP and PET. The effect of various process parameters on the polymers surface composition and morphology, as well as on…”
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Long-Lasting Antifog Plasma Modification of Transparent Plastics by Di Mundo, Rosa, d’Agostino, Riccardo, Palumbo, Fabio

“…Antifog surfaces are necessary for any application requiring optical efficiency of transparent materials. Surface modification methods aimed toward increasing…”
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Atmospheric Pressure PE-CVD of Fluorocarbon Thin Films by Means of Glow Dielectric Barrier Discharges by Fanelli, Fiorenza, d'Agostino, Riccardo, Fracassi, Francesco

“…Glow dielectric barrier discharges (GDBDs) fed with He‐C3F6 and He‐C3F8‐H2 gas mixtures were used to deposit fluorocarbon thin films. The deposition process…”
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Biotransformation and liver-specific functions of human hepatocytes in culture on RGD-immobilized plasma-processed membranes by De Bartolo, Loredana, Morelli, Sabrina, Lopez, Linda C., Giorno, Lidietta, Campana, Carla, Salerno, Simona, Rende, Maria, Favia, Pietro, Detomaso, Loredana, Gristina, Roberto, d’Agostino, Riccardo, Drioli, Enrico

“…In this paper we report on the metabolic response of human hepatocytes grown on polyethersulfone membranes surface modified with a plasma-deposited acrylic…”
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Stable plasma-deposited acrylic acid surfaces for cell culture applications by Detomaso, Loredana, Gristina, Roberto, Senesi, Giorgio S., d’Agostino, Riccardo, Favia, Pietro

“…Continuous and modulated glow discharges were used to deposit thin films from acrylic acid vapors. Different deposition regimes were investigated, and their…”
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One-Step Plasma Deposition of Platinum Containing Nanocomposite Coatings by Dilonardo, Elena, Milella, Antonella, Palumbo, Fabio, Capitani, Giancarlo, d'Agostino, Riccardo, Fracassi, Francesco

“…In this paper a single step process for the synthesis of composite thin films made of platinum nanoclusters embedded in a porous hydrocarbon matrix is…”
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Homogeneous and Micro-Patterned Plasma-Deposited PEO-Like Coatings for Biomedical Surfaces by Sardella, Eloisa, Gristina, Roberto, Senesi, Giorgio S., d'Agostino, Riccardo, Favia, Pietro

“…Mixtures of diethyl glycol dimethyl ether vapors and argon were used to feed RF (13.56 MHz) glow discharges and coat polystyrene substrates with poly(ethylene…”
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Proliferative and re-defferentiative effects of photo-immobilized micro-patterned hyaluronan surfaces on chondrocyte cells by Barbucci, Rolando, Torricelli, Paola, Fini, Milena, Pasqui, Daniela, Favia, Pietro, Sardella, Eloisa, d’Agostino, Riccardo, Giardino, Roberto

“…A photo-immobilisation procedure was utilised to create two different micro-patterned surfaces (tracks 25 and 5 μm wide) of hyaluronan (Hyal) on…”
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Chemical and Morphological Characterization of Low-k Dielectric Films Deposited From Hexamethyldisiloxane and Ethylene RF Glow Discharges by Coclite, Anna Maria, Milella, Antonella, Palumbo, Fabio, Fracassi, Francesco, d'Agostino, Riccardo

“…Low‐k dielectric films were deposited by PECVD from mixtures of hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO), ethylene, and oxygen. After deposition the films were thermally…”
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Nano-Structured Cell-Adhesive and Cell-Repulsive Plasma-Deposited Coatings: Chemical and Topographical Effects on Keratinocyte Adhesion by Sardella, Eloisa, Detomaso, Loredana, Gristina, Roberto, Senesi, Giorgio S., Agheli, Hossein, Sutherland, Duncan S., d'Agostino, Riccardo, Favia, Pietro

“…Cell‐adhesive and cell‐repulsive coatings have been plasma‐deposited on poly(ethylene terephthalate) surfaces previously structured with nano‐metric conical…”
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Deposition of Hydrocarbon Films by Means of Helium-Ethylene Fed Glow Dielectric Barrier Discharges by Fanelli, Fiorenza, Fracassi, Francesco, d'Agostino, Riccardo

“…The present work provides a detailed study of helium‐ethylene dielectric barrier glow discharges. The effect of ethylene concentration, total gas flow rate,…”
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