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ReviewPolymers2017

Plasma-Based Nanostructuring of Polymers: A Review.

Lan Thi Phan, Sun Mi Yoon, Myoung-Woon Moon

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Review in Polymers, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Lan Thi PhanDivision of Nano & Information Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea. 616003@kist.re.kr.
Sun Mi YoonLife and Materials Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea. smyoon@kist.re.kr.
Myoung-Woon MoonDivision of Nano & Information Technology, KIST School, Korea University of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Korea. mwmoon@kist.re.kr.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are various fabrication methods for synthesizing nanostructures, among which plasma-based technology is strongly competitive in terms of its flexibility and friendly uses, economy, and safety. This review systematically discusses plasma techniques and the detailed interactions of charged particles, radicals, and electrons with substrate materials of, in particular, polymers for their nanostructuring. Applications employing a plasma-based nanostructuring process are explored to show the advantages and benefits that plasma treatment brings to many topical and traditional issues, and are specifically related to wettability, healthcare, or energy researches. A short perspective is also presented on strategic plans for overcoming the limitations in dimension from surface to bulk, lifetime of surface functions, and selectivity for interactions.

Indexed as

batterybiomaterialsnanostructuringorganic solar cellsplasma technologypolymersselective etchingwettability

Identifiers

PMID30965722
PMCPMC6418988

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