Under the patronage of Harry Glawe, Minister for Economic Affairs, Construction and Tourism of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the "Plasma Surface Technology User Days" took place on 25 and 26 June 2015 at the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP). This key technology allows surface properties to be specifically modified and new product properties to be developed.
Many products are constantly exposed to different stresses. Dirt, grease, oil, moisture, temperature, friction, bacteria, chemicals and much more have a direct impact on surfaces and impair their reliability over time. The refinement of surfaces with plasma creates a multitude of new properties that are more resistant to various environmental influences. Companies from a wide range of industries are already exploiting these advantages and successfully using plasma surface technologies.
As a Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology, INP Greifswald has many years of experience in developing these plasma-based processes for refining product surfaces in the high-tech and life science sectors. This includes cleaning, etching, cross-linking, activating and coating surfaces for a wide range of applications. Corrosion and wear protection, scratch-resistant surfaces, optical coatings, hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties, antimicrobial surfaces, cell-attracting/cell-repellent surfaces and the treatment of textiles and plastics play a major role here. For this purpose, commercially available, industry-grade plasma sources and reactors are used, and novel, problem-specific plasma sources are developed. Our area of expertise covers the entire field of plasma surface technology, including materials science, surface analysis and plasma diagnostics.
