Mittal K.L. (Ed.) Adhesion Aspects of Thin Films. Volume 1

VSP, Utrecht, Boston, Koln, Tokyo, Netherlands, 2001. — 270 p. — ISBN: 90-6764-338-6.This book chronicles the proceedings of the First International Symposium on Adhesion Aspects of Thin Films held under the auspices of MST Conferences in Newark, New Jersey, October 28-29, 1999. Apropos, the second symposium on this topic is planned to be held also in Newark, New Jersey, November 5-7, 2001. Films and coatings are used for a variety of purposes - decorative, protective, functional, etc. - in a host of applications. Irrespective of the intended function or application of a film or a coating, their adequate adhesion to the underlying substrates is of cardinal importance. Concomitantly, the need to understand the factors controlling adhesion and to tailor adhesion to a desired level is quite patent. Apropos, what is the difference between a film and a coating? The answer is: A film is a thin coating and a coating is a thick film. It is merely a matter of thickness.Stresses in thin films
Fundamental aspects of residual stress evolution in thin metal films during energetic particle deposition
Surface stress effects on the intrinsic stress in thin films
Influence of the ion bombardment on the stress in thin films produced by ion beam and RF sputtering techniques
Delamination of thin hard coatings induced by combined residual stress and topography
Effects of surface treatments on the adhesion of metallic films to ceramic substrates
The state-of-the-art in adhesion of CVD diamond to carbide cutting inserts
Adhesion improvement of diamond films to silicon nitride substrate for cutting tools
Quantifying the effect of carbon on the practical adhesion of aluminum films to sapphire substrates
The effect of a titanium-based interlayer on the adhesion of ceramic coatings
Effect of annealing on residual stress, strength, adhesion and wear resistance of thin, hard coatings on low alloy steel
Study of adhesion and tribological properties of some ceramic films
Properties of oxide coatings deposited on a plastic substrate by a successive pulsed plasma anodisation process
Practical adhesion of organic coatings to metals: The role of the interphase and its residual stresses
Epoxy-diamine adhesives on metals: The interphase formation and characterization
Improving the adhesion of plasma polymerized thin fluorocarbon films on silicon using (CHF3 + SF6) radio-frequency discharge pretreatments