Project Details
TRR 87: Pulsed High Power Plasmas for the Synthesis of Nanostructural Functional Layers
Subject Area
Computer Science, Systems and Electrical Engineering
Chemistry
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Physics
Chemistry
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Materials Science and Engineering
Physics
Term
from 2010 to 2022
Website
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Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 138690629
The Project combines the expertise in the areas of plasma physics / plasma technology, materials science / surface engineering and interfacial chemistry. On this basis, ternary or quaternary ceramic layer systems on metal substrates with outstanding tribological properties as well as silicon- or carbon-containing oxide layers with outstanding barrier properties on plastic substrates are being investigated. For this purpose, the latest, partially self-developed source technology is used and characterized with a very broad, complementary spectrum of quantitative, also partially newly developed plasma diagnostics and one-off single-particle beam experiments. The focus is on pulsed high-power plasmas, such as High Power Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering (HiPIMS) systems, multi-frequency capacitively coupled plasma (MFCCP) systems and pulsed and high-frequency bias-driven microwave (MW) microwave systems, and inductively coupled plasmas (ICP). In order to meet the above vision, the goal is to explore the relationships between material properties and plasma parameters, to quantify them and to use them for plasma control, layer development and in-situ layer control. In this way, the previously prevailing empirical approach is overcome and a physically and chemically based process understanding is developed.The findings and progress of the first phase (basic modeling interfaces) provided the basis for the further development of the project in the second funding phase. In this study, the correlations between. Were determined for both the "metal route" and the "plastic route" developed the plasma and material models generated in the first phase. This combination establishes a connection between the measured and calculated coating compositions, deposition rates and material properties with the set external process parameters such as power, pressure, gas flows, etc. For these reasons, the second phase was and is under the motto "correlation, integration and scaling". In this way, the findings and methods developed in the project can be made available to other coating processes, reactor systems, surface and material systems and computer codes, and then, in the third phase, the thematic focus on "validation, consistency and transfer ".
DFG Programme
CRC/Transregios
Current projects
- T09 - Fibre PROES - a diagnostic for knowledge based development and monitoring of industrial plasma processes via Phase Resolved Optical Emission Spectroscopy (Project Heads Korolov, Ihor ; Schulze, Julian )
- T10 - ParaCoat - Development of PECVD processes to reduce system contamination and process ageing (Project Head Dahlmann, Rainer )
Completed projects
- A01 - High Power Pulse Magnetron Sputtering (HPPMS) - Synthesis of Coatings and Process Understanding (Project Heads Bagcivan, Nazlim ; Bobzin, Kirsten ; Brögelmann, Tobias )
- A02 - Analysis of the structural, electronic and adhesive properties of the surfaces of HPPMS wear-resistant coatings for polymer moulding (Project Head Grundmeier, Guido )
- A03 - Quantum-mechanically guided design of wear-resistant coatings for polymer moulding (Project Heads Music, Ph.D., Denis ; Schneider, Ph.D., Jochen M. )
- A04 - Modelling of elastic-plastic Behaviour of Nanostructured Coatings (Project Head Bobzin, Kirsten )
- A05 - HPPMS Plasmas: Time- and space resolved characterisation from target to substrate (Project Heads de los Arcos, Teresa ; von Keudell, Achim ; Schulz-von der Gathen, Volker ; Winter, Jörg )
- A06 - Multiscale modelling of the damage and fracture behaviour in nanostructured laminates (Project Heads Reese, Stefanie ; Wulfinghoff, Stephan )
- A07 - Micromechanical characterization of the fracture behavior of nanostructured layers (Project Head Korte-Kerzel, Ph.D., Sandra )
- B01 - Upscaling and adjustability of plasma and coating system properties (Project Heads Dahlmann, Rainer ; Hopmann, Christian ; Michaeli, Walter )
- B02 - Control of permeation through nanocomposite materials (Project Heads Benedikt, Ph.D., Jan ; Böke, Marc ; Winter, Jörg )
- B03 - Analysis of adhesion mechanisms and barrier properties of flexible nanostructured plasma polymer coatings on polymer substrates (Project Heads de los Arcos, Teresa ; Grundmeier, Guido )
- B04 - Plasma diagnostics of pulsed microwave plasmas with HF-bias combined with plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition for the deposition of multilayer SiOx gradient coatings as barrier coating of flexible polymers (Project Heads Awakowicz, Peter ; Devi, Anjana )
- B05 - Influrence of the Polymer Properties on Plasma Processes (Project Head Michaeli, Walter )
- B06 - Multiscale simulations to elucidate the mass transport through plastics with PECVD coating (Project Heads Dahlmann, Rainer ; Hopmann, Christian ; Kühne, Thomas D. )
- B07 - Controlled nanoporsity of plasma membranes (Project Head Wessling, Matthias )
- C01 - Multi frequency sputtering for deposition of ceramic layers (Project Heads Awakowicz, Peter ; Schulze, Julian )
- C02 - Combination of micro-engineered sensors, plasma diagnostics and combinatorial methods for the development of extended structure zone diagrams (Project Head Ludwig, Alfred )
- C03 - Time resolved measurement of film growth in high power plasmas using variable ion energy distribution functions (Project Heads Benedikt, Ph.D., Jan ; von Keudell, Achim )
- C04 - Simulations of technical plasmas in the frequency range between DC to MW (Project Heads Brinkmann, Ralf-Peter ; Eremin, Denis ; Mussenbrock, Thomas )
- C05 - Electron dynamics in magnetized high power plasmas, especially HPPMS (Project Heads Brinkmann, Ralf-Peter ; Mussenbrock, Thomas )
- C06 - Impact of Plasma Properties on Coating Properties in Pulsed High Power Plasmas (Project Heads Bagcivan, Nazlim ; Bobzin, Kirsten ; Brögelmann, Tobias )
- C07 - Surface processes during the interaction of high performance plasmas with HPPMS target surfaces and plastics (Project Heads de los Arcos, Teresa ; von Keudell, Achim )
- C08 - Heavy particle processes in high power plasmas (Project Heads Mussenbrock, Thomas ; Trieschmann, Jan )
- MGK - Integrated Research Training Group (Project Head Brinkmann, Ralf-Peter )
- T04 - PECVD gas barrier coating for returnable PET-bottles (Project Heads Awakowicz, Peter ; Dahlmann, Rainer ; Hopmann, Christian )
- T05 - Effect of target power density on the chemical composition of thin films synthesized from composite/compound targets (Project Head Schneider, Ph.D., Jochen M. )
- T06 - Low-maintenance continuous Air2Air PECVD film coating via a In-Plasma concept (In-Plasma-Air2Air) (Project Heads Awakowicz, Peter ; Dahlmann, Rainer ; Hopmann, Christian )
- T07 - Functional PECVD coatings as migration barrier for the use of postconsumer recycled materials in food contact (Project Heads Dahlmann, Rainer ; Grundmeier, Guido )
- Z - Central tasks of the SFB/Transregio 87 (Project Head Awakowicz, Peter )
- Ö - Public relations (Project Heads Mussenbrock, Thomas ; Prenzel, Marina )
Applicant Institution
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Co-Applicant Institution
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
Participating University
Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus-Senftenberg; Universität Paderborn
Business and Industry
Plansee Composite Materials GmbH
Spokesperson
Professor Dr.-Ing. Peter Awakowicz