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technique is called plasma post-irradiation grafting. It is important to clearly

mention that in such an approach the monomer is never subjected to the

plasma. Therefore, the grafted polymer will manifest a similar composition

to polymers produced by conventional polymerization. This technique thus

leads to covalent bonding of selective functionalities onto the polymer sur-

face. Another term for post-irradiation grafting is ‘plasma-induced graft (co)

polymerization’.

In Section 7.5.1, different examples were given of plasma activation

leading to the introduction of desired functionalities onto the surface ...