New project on plasma modification of substrate material to enhance adhesion of nanofibers

This project is being carried out within a consortium of two entities – a company (Nano Medical in Liberec) and a research university (Masaryk University in Brno). The principal investigator at the Faculty of Science is Dr. Jakub Kelar along with his colleagues from the Plasma Nanotechnologies and bioapplications research group, at the Department of Plasma Physics and Technology and CEPLANT center, who have long-standing expertise in plasma technologies.

The aim of the project is to design, construct, and test a device for applying surface dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) to a carrier material (such as textiles or synthetic paper) in order to enhance the adhesion of nanofibers produced by electrospinning. Plasma modification using such a discharge will functionalize the surface, thereby increasing nanofiber adhesion and preventing undesirable delamination. The proposed technology enables plasma modification to be integrated into existing industrial production lines without the use of additional harmful chemicals.