A plasma processing method including: a film formation step of forming a silicon-containing film on a surface of a member inside a chamber by plasma of a silicon-containing gas and a reducing gas; a plasma processing step of plasma-processing a workpiece carried into the chamber by plasma of a processing gas after the silicon-containing film is formed on the surface of the member; and a removal step of removing the silicon-containing film from the surface of the member by plasma of a fluorine-containing gas after the plasma-processed workpiece is carried out of the chamber.

A plasma processing method including: a film formation step of forming a silicon-containing film on a surface of a member inside a chamber by plasma of a silicon-containing gas and a reducing gas; a plasma processing step of plasma-processing a workpiece carried into the chamber by plasma of a processing gas after the silicon-containing film is formed on the surface of the member; and a removal step of removing the silicon-containing film from the surface of the member by plasma of a fluorine-containing gas after the plasma-processed workpiece is carried out of the chamber.

An object of the present invention is to provide a process for laminating works together that are capable of giving laminates a high bonding strength ensured therein. The process for laminating works together laminates a work composed of a resin to a work composed of a resin or glass, the process including a surface activation step of treating a laminating surface of at least the work composed of a resin with vacuum ultraviolet ray or with atmospheric pressure plasma, and a bonding step of bonding together the two works stacked on each other such that a laminating surface of one of the works abuts a laminating surface of the other work, wherein in the surface activation step, the treatment of the laminating surfaces with vacuum ultraviolet ray or with atmospheric pressure plasma is terminated when an accumulated treatment quantity of the vacuum ultraviolet ray or the atmospheric pressure plasma applied to the laminating surfaces is within an initial drop range shown in a variation curve of a water contact angle on the laminating surfaces with respect to the accumulated treatment quantity.

An object of the present invention is to provide a process for laminating works together that are capable of giving laminates a high bonding strength ensured therein. The process for laminating works together laminates a work composed of a resin to a work composed of a resin or glass, the process including a surface activation step of treating a laminating surface of at least the work composed of a resin with vacuum ultraviolet ray or with atmospheric pressure plasma, and a bonding step of bonding together the two works stacked on each other such that a laminating surface of one of the works abuts a laminating surface of the other work, wherein in the surface activation step, the treatment of the laminating surfaces with vacuum ultraviolet ray or with atmospheric pressure plasma is terminated when an accumulated treatment quantity of the vacuum ultraviolet ray or the atmospheric pressure plasma applied to the laminating surfaces is within an initial drop range shown in a variation curve of a water contact angle on the laminating surfaces with respect to the accumulated treatment quantity.

A system for treating a tissue site includes a reduced-pressure source to apply reduced pressure, a manifold in fluid communication with the pressure source to provide reduced pressure to the tissue site, and a drape for adhering to the tissue site to cover the tissue site and the manifold. The drape includes an adhesive layer for sealing the drape to the tissue site to create a sealed space having the manifold therein, and a non-adhesive layer formed from a portion of the adhesive layer. A method for manufacturing a medical drape includes providing a sheet of adhesive material and treating a side of the sheet of adhesive material to form a non-adhesive layer and an adhesive layer. The method laminates a release liner adjacent the adhesive layer.

A system for treating a tissue site includes a reduced-pressure source to apply reduced pressure, a manifold in fluid communication with the pressure source to provide reduced pressure to the tissue site, and a drape for adhering to the tissue site to cover the tissue site and the manifold. The drape includes an adhesive layer for sealing the drape to the tissue site to create a sealed space having the manifold therein, and a non-adhesive layer formed from a portion of the adhesive layer. A method for manufacturing a medical drape includes providing a sheet of adhesive material and treating a side of the sheet of adhesive material to form a non-adhesive layer and an adhesive layer. The method laminates a release liner adjacent the adhesive layer.

Surface-structured polymer bodies in which polymer bodies with dimensions of at least 100 cm.sup.2 are present. The surfaces of the bodies are at least partially covered with at least one nano- to micrometer-thick layer, and the layers are physically and/or chemically coupled to the polymer bodies, and the surface of the polymer bodies with the layers is at least partially deformed. The deformation is periodic within a deformation type and the arrangement of multiple different deformation types on a polymer body is anisotropic or isotropic, and the elastic modulus of the material of the polymer body is less than the elastic modulus of the layer materials.

Surface-structured polymer bodies in which polymer bodies with dimensions of at least 100 cm.sup.2 are present. The surfaces of the bodies are at least partially covered with at least one nano- to micrometer-thick layer, and the layers are physically and/or chemically coupled to the polymer bodies, and the surface of the polymer bodies with the layers is at least partially deformed. The deformation is periodic within a deformation type and the arrangement of multiple different deformation types on a polymer body is anisotropic or isotropic, and the elastic modulus of the material of the polymer body is less than the elastic modulus of the layer materials.

A method for producing a retardation film comprising the steps of: co-extruding or simultaneously casting a thermoplastic resin A and a thermoplastic resin B to obtain a laminated film comprising a layer of the thermoplastic resin A and a layer of the thermoplastic resin B; and uniaxially stretching the laminated film at least twice to cross a molecular orientation axis in the layer of the thermoplastic resin A and a molecular orientation axis in the layer of the thermoplastic resin B each other at almost right angles.

Apparatus and method for the plasma treatment of surfaces with a first electrode and a second electrode, the apparatus and method comprises an alternating voltage source between the first and second electrodes, and an electrical field forming, at least between the first and second electrodes, an effective area, which is arranged in front of the first electrode and in which the surface to be treated can be positioned, wherein the second electrode is arranged closer to the effective area than the first electrode. The apparatus and method provides at least one process gas channel for at least one stream of process gas with at least one outlet at the first electrode, wherein the at least one outlet points in the direction of the effective area, the at least one stream of process gas impinges on the electrical field, the electrical field converts the at least one stream of process gas into a stream of plasma, and the stream of plasma impinges on the effective area.