Inorganic thin coating films

Inorganic Thin Coating Filins. One of the photo-assisted approaches for micropatteming of sol-gel derived films is based on the use of laser light to thermally density local regions in the films. The undensified regions can be etched away to produce surface features. 

Adhesion Promoters and Inter- cial Thin Films Besides the above-mentioned inorganic conversion coatings, thin films can act as corrosion-resistant interfacial layers. Their thicknesses normally range from the length of a self-assembling molecule (approximately 2 nm) to about 100 nm. Various surface technologies have been developed so far and could be partly introduced into technical processes. 

Belz, H. W., and Dorken, E. (1989). Organic-inorganic thin film corrosion protection coating. Metalloberflache, 43( ), 524-526 (in German). 

In a similar situation, Fedrizzi et al. " found that the anticorrosion performance of polyester organic thin films on low-carbon steel improved owing to pretreatment of the substrate by applying an inorganic zirconia coating, which enhanced the film s adhesion to the substrate. 

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