Output details
15 - General Engineering
London South Bank University
Article title
Crack formation and its prevention in PVD films on epoxy coatings
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Surface and Coatings Technology
Article number
-
Volume number
205
Issue number
1
First page of article
15
ISSN of journal
02578972
Year of publication
2010
URL
-
Number of additional authors
2
Additional information
The thinness, relative porosity and poor levelling ability of PVD films adversely affects their wider application in general engineering. This paper shows that a new polymer interlayer can overcome these difficulties and determines the conditions necessary to prevent cracking. This EU-funded research provides a possible cleaner alternative to electroplating for some products and identifies potential applications in automotives, furniture, domestic cookers, hand tools and surgical instruments. Verification: Dr. A. Hovestad, TNO, Netherlands; arjan.hovestad@tno.nl
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
1 - Materials Engineering
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
