Plasma Processes and Polymers 16th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry Taormina, Italy June 22-27, 2003

This volume compiles essential contributions to the most innovative fields of Plasma Processes and Polymers. High-quality contributions cover the fields of plasma deposition, plasma treatment of polymers and other organic compounds, plasma processes under partial vacuum and at atmospheric pressure, biomedical, textile, automotive, and optical applications as well as surface treatment of bulk materials, clusters, particles and powders. This unique collection of refereed papers is based on the best contributions presented at the 16th International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry in Taormina, Italy (ISPC-16, June 2003). A high class reference of relevance to a large audience in plasma community as well as in the area of its industrial applications.

The editors are leading scientists worldwide, well known from their publications, their work as editors as well as from conference organizations <p> &#183;Dr. Riccardo d'Agostino, Professor, Director of the Department of Chemistry, University of Bari, Italy <p> &#183;Dr. Michael R. Wertheimer, Professor, NSERC Industrial Research Chair on Low Pressure Plasma Processing of Materials, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal Canada <p> &#183;Dr. Christian Oehr, Head of Dept. Interfacial Engineering, Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology, Stuttgart, Germany <p> &#183;Dr. Pietro Favia, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Bari