ABSTRACT
I. INTRODUCTION Chemical reactions in low-temperature plasma have been studied extensively during the past 30 years. Plasma chemistry on polymers deals with processes usually taking place in a low-temperature plasma generated by glow electrical discharges operated in a molecular gas under reduced pressure. A number of applications have been proposed in terms of plasma modification of polymers and thin-film deposition. Several examples have already been applied in prac tice, including contact lenses, artificial blood tubes, and surface-coated antire flection and antiscratching sunglasses. Several books and review articles covering the subject have been published [1,2], containing many references to earlier works [3-7].
