Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, there has been a huge interest in surface science of polymer materials. This is the result of numerous applications of these materials in the automotive, electronics, medical device, power tool, and engineering construction industries. Wherever polymer material comes into contact with another material, liquid or a gas, surface properties play a significant role. By applying appropriate techniques to modify the surface layer of polymeric materials, completely new or improved surface properties can be induced without affecting their volumetric properties. Altering the chemistry of surface by introducing chemical groups or charges on the surface or physical changes created on the surface through etching, ablation, roughening, wavy shapes, and voids formation is often referred to as the surface activation method. The surface of polymer materials can be activated by any of the physical or chemical methods like laser, plasma, flame, corona or discharge treatments, or using acid or another compound to induce reduction or oxidation reactions onto the surface of polymer materials. In that context, the current issue is open for scientific research on the molecular and atomic level of polymer properties determined with specific surface analytical techniques and/or computational methods, as well as the processing of such surface activations and their applications.

Dr. Piotr Rytlewski
Dr. Rafał Malinowski
Guest Editors

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• Polymer materials
• Surface activation
• Functional surfaces and coatings
• Surface engineering and functionalization
• Surface and interface modification
• Surface characterization