Plasma Processed Thin Films and Coatings
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (22 February 2020) | Viewed by 4039
Special Issue Editors
Interests: syntheses and structural, mechanical and thermal characterization of nanocarbons, oxides, metals and polymers; Raman and IR-spectroscopy, indentation, scratch testing and tribology; surface modification and deposition of thin films and coatings by PVD and PECVD systems from high vacuum up to atmospheric pressure; magnetron sputtering, plasma-polymerization, plasma-activation, atmospheric pressure plasma jet; atomic layer deposition
Interests: plasma physics; plasma chemistry; surface science; atomic layer deposition; flexible and printed electronics; nanostructured coatings; roll-to-roll manufacturing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Thin films and coatings, deposited by physical and chemical plasma-assisted or -enhanced processes like atomic layer deposition, atmospheric pressure plasma deposition, magnetron sputtering, and so on, find many applications, for example, in the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, energy production, and automotive and aerospace industries. Coatings like titanium oxide for example can improve the antimicrobial activity of metal or the polymeric surfaces of implants, but also of everyday life objects, like holding rods in public transport. Functional coatings on the other hand can improve the process of osseointegration, which is the direct structural and functional integration between living bone and an implant. Microbial fuel cells or anti-fouling coatings, for instance, are further fields confirming the versatile applicability of functional surfaces.
In view of the increasing number of publications in recent years we believe that research in these fields will be important for a number of future applications. We therefore encourage the community working on plasma PVD and CVD thin films and coatings to submit the outcomes of their research to this Special Issue. Manuscripts covering all aspects, including, but not restricted to, the deposition, characterization, and applications of thin films and coatings in science and technology are welcome.
Dr. Reinhard Kaindl
Dr. Tomáš Homola
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- plasma processing
- thin films and coatings
- physical and chemical vapor deposition
- atomic layer deposition
- atmospheric pressure plasma deposition
- magnetron sputtering
- medical implants
- antimicrobial
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
- X-ray reflectivity
- vibrational spectroscopy
- electron microscopy
