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Plasma Polymer Films examines the current status of the deposition and characterization of fluorocarbon-, hydrocarbon- and silicon-containing plasma polymer films and nanocomposites, with plasma polymer matrix. It introduces plasma polymerization process diagnostics such as optical emission spectroscopy (OES, AOES), and describes special deposition techniques such as atmospheric pressure glow discharge. Important issues for applications such as degradation and stability are treated in detail, and structural characterization, basic electrical and optical properties and biomedical applications are discussed.
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Film formation and crack development in plasma polymerized hexamethyldisiloxane.: An article from: Polymer Engineering and Science
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From the author: Plasma polymer thin coatings can be used in a variety of applications that require thin ultrasmooth, defect-free homogeneous films. In this study both film formation and crack development are described and related to the structure of the plasma polymer. The growth of a plasma polymer film reproduces the topography of the porous (polysulfone) PSf support and the time needed for complete coverage depends on the rate of deposition which is a function of the plasma power and monomer flow rate. The plasma polymerized hexamethyldisiloxane, PPHMDSO, film on a PSf porous support is under compressive internal stress causing the membrane to bend convexly with respect to the film. Despite these stresses, the composite membrane (film/support) did not crack when freely immersed in water and alcohols. Cracks developed in the mechanically constrained PPHMDSO composite membrane on exposure to alcohols. Films with more organic character showed high adhesion among the plasma polymer nodules and between the plasma polymer and the PSf substrate, resulting in substrate tearing and cracking straight through the plasma polymer layer.
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Title: Film formation and crack development in plasma polymerized hexamethyldisiloxane.
Author: L. Zuri
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Polymer Engineering and Science (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1997
Publisher: Society of Plastics Engineers, Inc.
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Title: Preparation and Characterization of Plasma-Polymerized Benzonitrile Films With Ultrafast Optical Kerr Effect.
Author: Xiongyan Zhao
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Fluoropolymer films were deposited by plasma polymerization of 1.1.1-trifluoroethane (CF"3-CH"3). CF"3-CH"3 plasma polymerization characteristics and deposition rate of the polymer film were studied using a common industrial parallelplate plasma reactor. The chemical structure of the CF"3-CH"3 plasma polymer film was analyzed by FTIR and XPS techniques. The study shows that CF"3-CH"3 plasma polymerization is divided into two regions: energy deficient and monomer deficient. The deposition rate of the polymer film (R"d) increased with an increase of W/F"m, reached a maximum value, and then decreased. Analysis of the chemical structure indicates that the CF"3-CH"3 plasma polymer is CF"3, CF"2, CF, C-CFn, C-C groups, possessing a cross-linking network structure.
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From the author: The correlation between surface tension parameters and the chemical composition of poly(amic acid) and polyimide films, before and after plasma treatment, was investigated. Calculations are based on the geometric mean approach according to Owens, Wendt, Rabel, and Kalble, on the Lifshitz-van der Waals acid/base approach according to Van Oss, Good, and Chaudhury, as well as on the theoretical method which implies the quantitative structure-property relationships. The polar components for all films investigated contribute significantly to the total surface tensions, as due to the large electron-donor interactions. Plasma treatment alters the surface energy of samples, changing their surface polarity and wettability. Surface wettability and hydrophilicity trends for poly(amic acid)s and their polyimides were also studied by means of the free energy of hydration between compounds and water. These properties recommend the polyimides as excellent materials for electrical compounds and biomaterials. POLYM. ENG. SCI., 47:381-389, 2007. [c] 2007 Society of Plastics Engineers
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Title: Surface and interfacial properties of poly(amic acid)s and polyimides.
Author: Silvia Ioan
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Title: Surface Modification of Plasma-Pretreated High Density Polyethylene Films by Graft Copolymerization for Adhesion Improvement With Evaporated Copper.
Author: C. M. Ng
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Polymer Engineering and Science (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2000
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Volume: 40
Issue: 5
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This book is a very good reference for those who believe that scientific computing needs a little bit more of software engineering practice. It provides a collection of papers from the major researchers in this area, with interesting examples of real applications. It is not a text book for undergrads, but it provides good pointers to the main subjects, from where the reader can go by him/herself. I have been following HPC research for eight years and OOD for three, and this is for me the best reference in this subject so far.
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Operation Solo tells the remarkable and true story of Morris Childs, code named "Agent 58", who, for twenty-seven years, provided the United States with the Kremlin's innermost secrets during fifty-two clandestine missions to the Soviet Union, China, and Eastern Europe.
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The Best Historical Espionage Book I've Read.......2007-02-10
This is a compelling story of high stakes espionage in the Cold War. The amazing thing is that it is not fiction--it is history. The understanding that the author has about espionage and the intelligence community is right on. If you love history and are interested in the spy game--this is the book for you.
Thoughtfully told.......2005-08-24
Barron's prose is articulate and well-phrased without wandering into pedantic posturing. We rarely know his opinion of all the goings-on, and what events he describes! We are quickly lost in this real world of espionage and deception, thoughtfully recreated by an author who knows his business and tells it well. An exciting read.
Hollywood - Put aside sequels and produce this!.......2005-07-06
The only thing more incredible than the story of Morris and Jack Childs, brothers who, from the early 1950s through the late 1970s, were FBI assets within the American Communist Party, and who were personal friends of Soviet leaders, is that Hollywood has yet to commit this to celluloid. Here were four brave Americans--to include their intrepid wives, Eva and Roz--who for decades risked their lives to report to the FBI (and from the Bureau to the President) on the thoughts and intentions of Soviet leaders. So trusted by their friends in the Soviet leadership, they served as secret Soviet emissaries to China and Cuba, reporting back to the Soviets the attitudes and positions of Mao and Castro. Thus successive U.S. presidents enjoyed unique intelligence on the thinking of not only the Soviets, but of the Chinese and the Cubans as well. The story told in OPERATION SOLO is spellbinding, frought with tension, occasionally leavened by the earthy humor of its principal players. This is, in short, a terrific story about great Americans--hardworking FBI agents who shied away from the spotlight, and their courageous assets--that demands to be read or, someday, seen on screen.
A couple of points about John Barron's book. It is well written overall and reads quickly. It is not without faults, however. (1) The story is sometimes interrupted to introduce fairly extensive citations of reports written or passed along by the Childs. Without greater historical context, though, these passages are somewhat sterile and dry. Someday, one hopes, a more detailed study will add historical material external to SOLO that would, along with insightful analysis, demonstrate the true value of the SOLO reporting (as another reviewer here has suggested). (2) The section that deals with Martin Luther King is disappointing. For one thing, Barron is historically inaccurate or incomplete when the author states that "No one could have been more sympathetic to King than the Kennedy brothers." See Robert Dallek's excellent book on JFK for a better treatment of the Kennedys' complex relationship with King. Barron also downplays King's true significance as a great civil rights leader in order to discuss Communist ties to his inner circle of advisors. Furthermore, in an egregious departure from journalistic objectivity, Barron appears to excuse FBI's excessive campaign against King, including the infamous hotel wiretaps, on the pretext that King's private behavior was "inconsistent with [that] of a Christian minister and moral exemplar."
These misgivings aside, this is a truly amazing tale. Read the book and then amaze your friends in recounting the story. Are you listening, Hollywood?
Unbelievable - but true!.......2005-06-03
This is an incredible story of a courageous couple of brothers and their wives who, while initially being drawn into Communism, were able to see the ugly truth behind it, and use their backgrounds to become the greatest spies in history. The book is written very well and as such it is hard to put down. Aside from a great story of intrigue, the book also offers a unique perspective on what really went on in the Kremlin as well as (parts of) the FBI.
SON OF AGENT.......2004-04-08
I am the son of the FBI agent Richard Hansen. I can attest to the secrecy of this operation by explaining how I learned about it. In 1997 I was looking through the new arrivals at my local library. I started leafing through this book and did a double take when I saw my dad's name. I checked out the book, rushed home, called my dad. Sure enough, he admitted that he was the agent in the book. It is an amazing testament to his fidelity that he did not speak of this operation(even after he retired), until this book came out.
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As the title suggests, the author is graphically frank about the medical necessities of living with juvenile-onset diabetes, and squeamish readers may find her memoir harrowing. In its essence, however, this is a story of emotional growth and healing. Diagnosed at 9 by her older sister Denise, who is herself a diabetic, Andie Dominick spends her adolescence rebelling against her condition: "dieting" by skipping shots, undergoing a dangerous abortion at 17. When, at 21, Andie discovers 33-year-old Denise dead in the house they share, she begins to reexamine the reckless lifestyle that killed her sister and threatens her as well. The discovery three years later that she has diabetic retinopathy, which could lead to blindness, helps Dominick realize she cannot follow her sister's path: "Denise always told me having the disease didn't have to change my life. But now it has ... because I am finally facing who I am." Love and eventually marriage continue Dominick's process of self-knowledge and acceptance, though there is no facile happy ending. (She has a tubal ligation rather than risk passing diabetes to another generation.) Dominick's deliberately plain prose and gritty candor render her struggle accessible and real. --Wendy Smith
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"I know about needles."
All her life, Andie Dominick adored her older sister, Denise. She wanted to look like her, talk like her, be her. Unfortunately, she got part of her wish when, at age nine, she was diagnosed with the same disease from which Denise had suffered since age two: juvenile diabetes. In this beautifully written, revelatory, and profoundly affecting memoir, Dominick recounts her transformation from a free-spirited kid who enjoyed giving shots to her stuffed animals with her sister's castaway needles to a life-long patient who must learn to inject herself twice a day. Emotionally charged, tragic, but in the end hopeful, Dominick tells how she found the courage to embrace love and hope in the face of fear, and to live with a disease that has taken so much from her.
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A drudge to read.......2007-06-01
Reviews of this book - particularly from sufferers of diabetes - tend to be favourable. However, for me, this book was unreadable.
Her style is that of a diary, with sentences comprised of just a few words. You encounter a period/full stop on nearly every line. There is hardly a chance to get going with this book.
I skipped chapters hoping that the style would settle down. It does not and I gave up reading this book depositing it in the trash bin. I very much doubt I could sell it on ebay for anything apart from the cost of postage.
Perhaps the content may be of interest to diabetics, but otherwise it's a depressing mournful series of short sentences.
Awesome book!!!!!.......2006-11-09
This book was a great book!! It may not be the most hopeful book, but it is the most true. Being a diabetic, I could relate to many of the things she said. I constantly found myself thinking "Oh my gosh!!! THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME SO MANY TIMES!" or "THATS EXACTLY HOW I FEEL!!!" Some reviews have stated that she was very pessimistic when it comes to the disease, I don't think so. Diabetes made a major impact on her life I am sure that some good things did come from it, but it is a disease and who honestly really wants to praise a disease? She was very hard on the medical industry, but I think that was fair. Even when I was in the hospitle in 2003, the nurses still did things that were very ignorant. She also didn't just lash out at them for no reason, she always validates her reasons for being so firm and even combative with them. I think the book was very inspirational. I've never had a book stir so much emotion in me!
mixed feelings.......2006-09-09
The book was good, no doubt. The writing was compelling, but as I sit back having just finished the book, I don't really understand how it made me feel.
I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes almost a year ago now, and have learned a lot about dealing with the disease since then.
This books scares me in a way because of the pessimism Andie and Denise seem to have toward the disease in the book.
But I must remind myself, this was a different time. The past 25 years or so have improved things tramatically. They had hard-to-work with insulins they took two shots of a day. I have a pump the delivers precise doses tailored to my needs.
Two things I found difficult with the book, besides the heavy subject material, was how hard it was to follow the time frame- dates are rarely mentioned, but it pulls together at the end. Also, toward the second half of the book it deals a lot with complications, but mentions little about what she is doing to control the disease at that point.
All in all, a good read, but if you have diabetes, don't be discouraged by it.
Once beginning this book, I needed to keep reading!.......2004-06-22
I have a 12 yr. old child with diabetes and had been looking for information to do a research project on; diabetes seemed to be what I was heading toward when I accidently came across this book. Looking at someone's point of view who has dealt with type 1 diabetes for most of her life and how she handled her care, monitoring of blood sugars, medical personnel, emotions, and relationships has put a whole new look on how I should or shouldn't teach and help my own child with this disease. The author made me understand completely what she had dealt with and how, making living with diabetes more understandable.
A Good Read.......2004-02-16
In all, Needles was a good memoir of living life with Type 1 diabetes. If you're looking for a happy, positive story about living with a chronic condition, this probably isn't for you, but the other 99% of books on diabetes are usually full of advice (though not necessarily practical) on that subject. What this book does, however, is shows one person's real experience with living with diabetes, which isn't always as great as the medical professionals would have everyone believe. Andie Dominick is a good author and helps provide a perspective that is noticably absent from the field of publishing on diabetes.
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