After successful completion of the course, students are able to...

perform independently basic synthesis and characterization methods in the field of surface technology. Especially, for the deposition techniques, a strong focus is on PVD based methods.

Overview on the basic PVD based deposition techniques and thin film related characterization methods

• Vacuum technology
• Deposition system and their concepts
• Basic methods for mechanical characterization techniques
• Thermal treatments and analysis methods
• Structural and chemical analysis methods and their principals
• Surface sensitive analysis methods

All presented methods should be carried out and learned by the students themselves in the lab under the supervision of the lectors.

• PVD based deposition methods (e.g. DC or DC pulse magnetron sputtering)
• Nanoindentation
• Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermo-gravimetric analysis (TGA
• X-Ray diffraction & Scanning electron microscopy + EDX analysis
• Optical profilometry

The course assessment will be based on a protocoll/presentation about the carried out methods.

Surface technology

Basic materials science