Title :
Development of hydrophobic silica powders using plasma polymerization technology
Author :
Akhavan, B. ; Jarvis, K. ; Majewski, Pawel
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Adv. Manuf. & Mech. Eng., Mawson Inst. Univ. of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Abstract :
Hydrophobic powders are of interest for a variety of applications from coatings and membranes with unique properties to agriculture and water purification. Although the hydrophobicity of powders has been modified using different wet-chemistry methods [1, 2], plasma polymerization has been investigated as a novel alternative technology in this research.
Keywords :
hydrophobicity; plasma materials processing; polymerisation; powder technology; powders; silicon compounds; agriculture; coating; hydrophobic silica powder development; membrane; plasma polymerization technology; powder hydrophobicity; water purification; wet-chemistry method; Australia; Films; Plasmas; Polymers; Powders; Silicon compounds; Surface treatment;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science (ICOPS), 2012 Abstracts IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2127-4
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-9244
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2012.6383876
