Investigation of the mechanical properties of aluminium oxide thin films on polymer substrates by a combination of fragmentation and scratch testing

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 206, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3309-3315

  Moghal, Jonathan ^a   Suttle, Helene ^a   Cook, Andrew G ^a   Grovenor, Chris R M ^a   Assender, Hazel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aluminum oxide; Gas barrier; Magnetron sputtering; Nanotribology

Indexed keywords

AFM; ALUMINIUM OXIDE; ALUMINUM OXIDES; COATING FAILURES; DIRECT CURRENT MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; FT-IR STUDY; FTIR; GAS BARRIER; GAS BARRIER LAYERS; HIGH-POWER; MECHANICAL TESTS; NANO-SCRATCH; OPEN STRUCTURE; POLYETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE; POLYMER SUBSTRATE; RADIO FREQUENCY MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SCRATCH TEST; SCRATCH TESTING;

COATINGS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOTRIBOLOGY; OXIDES; POLYMER FILMS; SUBSTRATES;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84857653212     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2012.01.040     Document Type: Article

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