Study of the Fracture of Coating/Substrate Systems

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Authors	BURŠÍKOVÁ Vilma BURŠÍK Jiří NAVRÁTIL Vladislav
Year of publication	2004
Type	Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source	Engineering Mechanics
MU Faculty or unit	Faculty of Science
Citation
Field	Plasma physics
Keywords	fracture toughness; thin films; plasma treatment; depth sensing indentation test
Description	The depth sensing indentation (DSI)test was used to study mechanical properties of plasma deposited transparent SiOxCyHz coatings on polycarbonate (PC) substrates. The aim of the present work is to introduce the DSI technique as a very sensitive tool for evaluation of the interfacial fracture toughness between coating and substrate. This method enabled to distinguish the effect of different plasma treatments to find the optimum one
Related projects:	Study of plasmachemical reactions in non-isothermic low pressure plasma and its interaction with the surface of solid substrates