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Can Plasma Damage the Materials It Treats? Yes. That's the Point.
Next in the "Can Plasma?" series: does plasma damage the material you're treating? Yes. And most of the time, that's exactly what you want. Targeted, selective, tunable damage is one of plasma's best features. But damage is still damage.
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00:00 Does plasma damage what you're treating? It's a feature.
00:14 Plasmas are highly reactive: 4 degrees of freedom, 4 temperatures
00:32 Damage is often the feature you're after
00:39 Non-equilibrium plasmas have a chemical component
00:47 Selectively break specific polymer chains and leave others alone
00:57 Example: modifying stents for…
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