ABSTRACT
Plasma polymerization in general is not an inexpensive and easy process, as some researchers tend to promote the image of the technology when it comes to the stage of applying it in an industrial-scale operation. It is a simple and relatively inexpensive process in the laboratory to start with. However, some factors, which are not considered as important, or are neglected in laboratory experiments, often show up as factors that cause problems in industrial scale operations; i.e., the scale up of a process, which showed promising results in laboratory, to an industrial scale operation is not an easy undertaking. In this particular aspect, magneto-luminous chemical vapor deposition (MLCVD), or magnetron plasma polymerization, is unique. It could be the only plasma polymerization method that has very impressive credentials in the following respects:
1. Magneto-plasma polymerization can be operated for a long period of time in a continuous mode without being hampered by excessive deposition elsewhere beyond the substrate surface, on which the deposition of plasma polymer is aimed for.
