Dr. Gerald A. Takacs

Professor, Department of Chemistry
Center for Materials Science & Engineering
Extended Faculty Member, Ph.D. Program Microsystems Engineering
Affiliated Faculty Member, Sustainability Institute

SURFACE MODIFICATION OF MATERIALS

1. UV photons
2. vacuum UV (VUV) photons and reactive neutral particles produced downstream from low pressure microwave plasmas
3. VUV radiation from inert gas excimers formed in high pressure rotating DC arc
4. reactive neutral gaseous particles
5. reactive ions.
   
   

The research projects typically have been team efforts between RIT's Departments of Chemistry, Physics, and Materials Science and Engineering, and IBM, Endicott Interconnect Technologies in Endicott, New York, and Xerox Corporation in Webster, New York.

1.   U. Sener*, A. Entenberg, B. Kahn, F. D. Egitto,

     L. J. Matienzo, T. Debies and G. A. Takacs,

     “Adhesion of Copper to UV Photo-oxidized

     (PMDA-ODA) Surfaces”,in: Polyimides and Other

     High Temperature Polymers: Synthesis,

     Characterization and Applications,

     K. L. Mittal (Ed.), Vol. 3,535 - 552, VSP, Utrecht

     (2005).

2.   W. Dasilva*, A. Entenberg, B. Kahn, T. Debies and

     G.A. Takacs,”Adhesion of Copper to Teflon

     Poly(tetrafluoroethylene-co-perfluoropropyl vinyl

     ether)(PFA)Surfaces Modified by Vacuum UV

     Photo-oxidation Downstream from Ar Microwave

     Plasma”, Mater. Res. Symp. Proc. 851 (Materials

     for Space Applications), 407–412(2005).

3.   D. Abreu*, A. Entenberg, T. Debies and G. A.

   Takacs, “Reaction of Copper Produced by Thermal

   Evaporation and Plasma Sputter Deposition with

   Teflon PTFE, FEP and PFA”, Proceedings 17^th

    International Symposium on Plasma Chemistry,

   Toronto, Canada(2005).

4.   B. Parekh*, T. Debies, P. Knight*, K. S. V.

Santhanam and G. A. Takacs, “Photo-oxidation of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes”, Mater. Res. Symp. Proc. 887 (Degradation Processes in Nanostructured Materials), 9-14(2006).

5.   B. Parekh*, T. Debies, C. M. Evans*, B. J. Landi*,

R. P. Raffaelle and G. A. Takacs, “Photo-oxidation

of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes”, Mater. Res. Symp. Proc. 887 (Degradation Processes in Nanostructured Materials), 3-8(2006).

6.   U. Sener*, B. Parekh*, A. Entenberg, T. Debies and

G. A. Takacs, “Surface Modification of

Poly(biphenyl dianhydride-para-phenylene diamine)

(BPDA-PDA) Polyimide with UV Photo-oxidation”, J. Adhesion Sci. Technol., 20(4), 319-334 (2006).

7.   W. Dasilva*, A. Entenberg, B. Kahn, T. Debies and

G. A. Takacs, “Surface Modification of Teflon PFA

with Vacuum UV Photo-oxidation”, J. Adhesion Sci. Technol., 20(5), 437-455(2006).

8. B.Parekh*, T. Debies, P. Knight*, K. S. V.

Santhanam and G. A. Takacs, “Surface Functionalization of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes with UV and Vacuum UV Photo-oxidation”, J. Adhesion Sci. Technol., 20(16), 1833-1846 (2006).

9. M. Krysak*, A. Jayasekar*, B. Parekh*, T. Debies,

K.S.V. Santhanam and G.A. Takacs, ”Surface

Functionalization of Carbon nanotubes with Plasma Photo-oxidation”, Abstracts, 35^th Northeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Binghamton, NY, October 5-7 (2006).

10. D.Abreu*, W. Dasilva*, A. Entenberg, T. Debies

    and G.A. Takacs,“Chemistry at the Cu-fluoropolymer

    Interface: Relevance to Adhesion”,in: Adhesion

    Aspects of Thin Films, K. L. Mittal (Ed.), Vol. 3,

     pp. 263-276. VSP,Utrecht(2007).

11. B. Parekh*, S. Zheng*, A. Entenberg, T. Debies and

G.A. Takacs,”Surface Modification of FEP with

Vacuum UV Radiation from Rotating He DC Arc

Plasmas”, J. Adhesion Sci. Technol., 21(10), 983-998 (2007).

12. M. Krysak^*, B. Parekh^*, T. Debies, R. A. DiLeo^*,

B. J. Landi, R. P. Raffaelle and G. A. Takacs, “Gas-Phase Surface Functionalization of Multi-walled Carbon Nanotubes with Vacuum UV Photo-oxidation”, J. Adhesion Sci. Technol., 21(10), 999-1007 (2007).

13. R. Press, K. S. V. Santhanam, M. Miri, A. Bailey

    and G. A. Takacs, “Introduction to Hydrogen

    Technology”, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New

    Jersey (2008).

14. M. Krysak^*, A. Jayasekar*, B. Parekh^*, L. Oliveria^*,

    T. Debies, K. S. V. Santhanam, R. A. DiLeo^*, B. J.

    Landi, R. P. Raffaelle and G. A. Takacs, “Gas-

    Phase Surface Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes

    With UV Photo-oxidation”, in: Polymer Surface

    Modification: Relevance to Adhesion, K.L. Mittal

    (Ed.), VSP/Brill, Leiden, Vol. 5, pp. 125-137

    (2009).

15. L. Oliveira*, T. Debies and G. A. Takacs, “Surface

    Oxidation of Single-walled Carbon Nanotubes with

    Oxygen Atoms”,in: Nanotubes, Nanowires, Nanobelts

and Nanocoils—Promise, Expectations and Status,

     P. Bandaru, S. Grego, I. Kinloch(Eds.) P. Bandaru,

1. Kinloch (Eds.) Mater. Res. Soc. Proc., 1142-JJ10-01-06, Warrendale, PA (2009).

^*RIT Students