Appendix

1.1 Remark

This is the supposedly missing section of the thesis project whose printed

manuscript was passed on March 9, 2011, to the Department of Physics and

Department of Chemistry of the Ateneo de Manila University. This section

showcased raw data obtained from the experiment as well as uncited treatment

parameters that was not printed out of the original copies due to time constraints.

Some of the data listed here were not mentioned in the study due to time constraints

but serves as a good erratum for the lack of emphasis of some key data in the study.

Note that the analysis done in the thesis manuscript is limited on the data available in

the manuscript not only because of the lack of prepared samples but also because the

actual trend/phenomenon is complicated to analyze if these data were included in the

study. No trend apart from sample-cathode distance was tested for consistency due to

limited time constraints and lack of funding. Lastly, it is hoped that this section can

be used as a supporting ground for further pursuit in the effects of a magnetic field

configuration on the surface modification capacity of different plasma sources.

1.2 Magnetic Field Measurements using the F.W. BELL 4048 Hand-held Gauss/Tesla

Meter

In the manuscript, the author failed to show the magnetic induction field at

different sample-cathode distances due to time constraints. That is now shown in

Auxiliary Figure 1. The readings are more or less uniform if the reliability is on
the tenth of a tesla if looked upon by its numerical results as shown in table 1.
Auxiliary Figure 1. Magnetic induction field of the discharge collimator at different

sample-cathode distance.

Table 1. Tabulated form of Auxiliary Figure 1

Sample-Cathode
Distance (cm) 1 2 3 4 5
Magnetic 7.66 8.98 9.56 9.52 9.99
Induction Field 8.23 9.26 10.51 9.13 8.64
strength (mT) 9.12 9.4 9.33 8.24 8.96
9.51 9.38 11.16 9.48 9.78
8.03 12.35 9.61 10.01 9.4
8.58 10.31 10.39 10.32 9.63
10.87 9.46 9.84 8.79 9.84
10.94 9.45 10.82 9.9 9.51
8.65 9.56 10.16 9.55 9.5
8.6 9.33 9.35 10.06 9.61
Ave. Magnetic 9.019 ± 9.748 ± 10.073 ± 9.5 ±
Induction Field 1.12149 0.97482 0.63641 0.63578 9.486 ±
Strength (mT) 2 5 4 5 0.40858

1.3 Reference data on the wettability of plasma treated PDMS samples at increasing

sample- cathode distance

Distance Contact Angle Measurements (o) at Varying Power

(cm) 10.6 W 15.0 W 21.6 W Untreated
81.5217 ± 76.61435 ± 84.90245 ±
1 9.000174 6.339272 9.830303
84.99595 ± 77.26725 ± 54.5265 ±
2 10.97615 9.984457 8.70603
68.677 ± 82.94925 ± 47.2178 ±
3 11.48526 4.550774 4.433947
61.13165 ± 66.49465 ± 41.6937 ±
4 10.041 9.964214 11.358
45.26315 ± 56.8445 ± 27.6179 ± 114.0797 ±
5 17.1073 8.14882 9.786213 3.36351

Distance Contact Angle Measurements (o) at Varying Pressure

(cm) 40 mtorr 70 mtorr 100 mtorr Untreated
84.90245 ± 76.96185 ± 83.2133 ± 114.0797 ±
1 9.830303 6.907434 6.490647 3.36351
2 54.5265 ± 53.09135 ± 75.8318 ±
 8.70603 15.02356 4.236324
47.2178 ± 48.1848 ± 57.51585 ±
3 4.433947 13.11549 7.826442
41.6937 ± 42.6148 ± 42.75695 ±
4 11.358 10.01299 8.372314
27.6179 ± 29.44285 ± 29.86535 ±
5 9.786213 8.42682 12.40842

Distance Contact Angle Measurements (o) at Varying Treatment Time

(cm) 10 min 15 min 20 min Untreated
84.90245 ± 73.3444 ± 62.57545 ±
1 9.830303 11.85914 12.30933
54.5265 ± 67.916 ± 60.2056 ±
2 8.70603 13.15586 6.369154
47.2178 ± 50.29455 ± 43.3723 ±
3 4.433947 2.107867 4.751357
41.6937 ± 47.4013 ± 43.2377 ±
4 11.358 3.855129 12.02597
27.6179 ± 40.8049 ± 24.33225 ± 114.0797 ±
5 9.786213 7.838193 5.498866 3.36351

1.4 Additional FTIR-ATR Spectra of Plasma-Treated PDMS Samples not shown in

the original manuscript