Surface grafting of polymeric materials, such as films and fibers, may improve their reactive surface properties. Polypropylene active sites that should initiate a surface postgrafting can be formed by either nitrogen cold plasma or an electron-beam irradiation. The plasma-modified polymer surface is cross-linked and functionalized with primary amino groups and with oxidized groups, and it is almost not degraded. Electron-beam-modified polypropylene is also functionalized through an aging reaction, emphasized by a high radical concentration. In both cases, active surface films are susceptible to react with monomers in a postgrafting reaction. The grafting yield and rate of acrylic acid were shown to be dependent on the formed amino group concentration : The hydrophilic character of the modified polypropylene surface enhances the acrylic acid approach. The electron-beam treatment leads also to a reactive surface that can initiate a grafting reaction. But its yield and rate are dependent on the radical concentration : radicals formed during the irradiation.