| Abstract: | This article concerns some aspects of the research and development work, which is done within a project of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) entitled: “nano functionalization of interfaces for data‐, textile‐, building‐, medicine‐, bio‐, and aerospace‐ technology”. In the following the broad field of applications of a surface modification on a nanometer scale is discussed. Also some scientific methods to characterize surface modifications of this kind are discussed. By means of low pressure plasma technology it is possible to functionalize surfaces and thus to well adjust their properties with respect to their application. This is done without changing the bulk material characteristics. The surfaces of the treated workpieces are covered by an ultrathin, i.e. only a few nanometer thick, fluorine‐carbon polymer layer by a plasma process. The physical and chemical surface properties, such as surface energy, roughness (on nanometer scale), dynamic wetting behaviour, or the adhesion properties against other materials, can be simple changed by varying the plasma process parameters. It is shown, that in future this surface modification will meet a broad field of applications. |
