Surface Chemical Characterization of Plasma-Chemically Deposited Polymer Films by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Near-Edge X-ray Absorption Fine Structure.

I. Title page, table of contents, abstract 1\. Introduction 1 2\. Theoretical Background 4 3\. Experimental 18 4\. Methods of characterization 24 5\. In-situ characterization of plasma deposited polymers 34 6\. In-situ characterization of plasma deposited copolymers 58 7\. Aging of plasma deposited polymer films 75 8\. Conclusions 102 9\. References 105 10\. Publications derived from this work 112 11\. Acknowledgments 115