Preferred Label : surface grafting;
IUPAC definition : Process in which a polymer surface is chemically modified by grafting or by the generation
of active sites that can lead to the initiation of a graft polymerization.;
Scope note : grafting.; peroxidation, ozonolysis, high-energy irradiation, and plasma etching are methods
of generating active sites on a polymer surface.;
Origin ID : ST07152;
See also
Process in which a polymer surface is chemically modified by grafting or by the generation
of active sites that can lead to the initiation of a graft polymerization.