Microplasma-assisted rapid, chemical oxidant-free and controllable polymerization of dopamine for surface modification

• DOI: 10.1039/c7py00805h
• Publication Date: 2017-06-26T08:03:50Z
• Authors: Zhe Wang; Chao Xu; Yuexiang Lu; Guoyu Wei; Gang Ye; Taoxiang Sun; Jing Chen
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

The microplasma cathode could trigger and dramatically accelerate the polymerization process of dopamine for fabricating polydopamine coating films on various substrates.