“…The deposition was performed with a DBD jet to overcome one of the main drawbacks of the most diffuse DBDs geometries (e.g., parallel plate or coaxial cylindrical geometries), which, due to the narrow gas gap, impose limitation in the size and shape of substrates that can be processed. 4,[80][81][82][83] However, it is worth mentioning that the optimization of deposition processes using plasma jets generally requires much effort, since many factors can affect the physical and chemical proprieties of the plasma plume. Moreover, in this specific case of study, to obtain water-stable coatings containing COOH groups using a DBD jet, we decided to act on the "input" chemistry of the deposition process (i.e., copolymerization of acrylic acid and ethylene), rather than on the electrical parameters of the discharge (e.g., increase of the input power to improve acrylic acid fragmentation and coating cross-linking).…”