Journal Pre-proofs Atmospheric-pressure plasma assisted engineering of polymer surfaces: from high hydrophobicity to superhydrophilicity Chuanlong Ma, Lei Wang, Anton Nikiforov, Yuliia Onyshchenko, Pieter Cools, Kostya (Ken) Ostrikov, Nathalie De Geyter, Rino Morent PII: S0169-4332(20)31789-X DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.147032 Reference: APSUSC 147032 To appear in: Applied Surface Science Received Date: 5 April 2020 Revised Date: 16 June 2020 Accepted Date: 19 June 2020 Please cite this article as: C. Ma, L. Wang, A. Nikiforov, Y. Onyshchenko, P. Cools, K. Ostrikov, N. De Geyter, R. Morent, Atmospheric-pressure plasma assisted engineering of polymer surfaces: from high hydrophobicity to superhydrophilicity, Applied Surface Science (2020), doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.147032 This is a PDF file of an article that has undergone enhancements after acceptance, such as the addition of a cover page and metadata, and formatting for readability, but it is not yet the definitive version of record. This version will undergo additional copyediting, typesetting and review before it is published in its final form, but we are providing this version to give early visibility of the article. Please note that, during the production process, errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. © 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.