TY - CHAP A1 - Rösken, Liz M. A1 - Rohrbeck, Magdalena A1 - Catena, Alberto A1 - Wehner, Stefan A1 - Fischer, Christian B. A1 - Richter, Matthias A1 - Städter, Matthias A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Characterization of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings on industrial polyethylene and polyoxymethylene by SEM, AFM and NEXAFS T2 - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft N2 - Diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings are often utilized to change the base properties of raw materials, e. g. to gain robust or chemically inert surfaces. Here the deposition of hard DLC layers on soft polymers is tested. The common industrial polymers polyethylene (PE) and polyoxymethylene (POM) serve as model substrates in the present work. In order to examine the effect of the carbonaceous layers on PE and POM thin diamond-like carbon films were realized via PECVD. The topography of the different coatings was detected by AFM and SEM uncovering the different influence of the substrate material, e. g. interlayer formation for PE. The composition of the surface structures were analyzed in more detail by NEXAFS, showing the hybridization of carbon atoms in chemical different surroundings from the pure polymer to the carbon coating. The comparison of carbon coated PE- and POM-composites enables valuable insights into the interaction between soft substrates and hard coatings. For the chosen settings in PECVD, POM showed incomplete coating, while on PE a very stable and robust composite has formed. KW - Diamond-like carbon (DLC) KW - soft plolymers KW - Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) KW - Atomic foce microscopy (AFM) KW - Near-edge X-Ray absorption spectroscopy (NEXAFS) Y1 - 2014 UR - http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2014/conference/dresden/part/ds/session/43/contribution/20?lang=en SN - 0420-0195 PB - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft CY - Bad Honnef ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Fischer, Christian B. A1 - Rohrbeck, Magdalena A1 - Wehner, Stefan A1 - Richter, Matthias A1 - Städter, Matthias A1 - Schmeißer, Dieter T1 - Interlayer formation of Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings on Polyethylene Plastic Material T2 - Verhandlungen der Deutschen Physikalischen Gesellschaft N2 - The coating of materials with diamond-like carbon (DLC) is a very common way to further improve and modify surface specific properties. Although DLC is frequently used as a protective coating on several substrates, the chemical and physical properties throughout the coating process on plastics are yet sparsely investigated. Different layer thicknesses of two types of protective coatings one sp3-enriched (robust, r-type) and one with more sp2-centers (flexible, f-type) have been realized on polyethylene by PECVD. Microscopic analysis showed diverse surface topographies for the two DLC-types. NEXAFS spectroscopy revealed significant details of carbon centers in chemically different neighborhood displaying a characteristic fingerprint behavior. The appropriate explanation for the current carbon deposition process is obviously the formation of an interlayer between these unequal materials. An improved understanding of hard DLC and soft polyethylene assembly is part of the present work. KW - Diamond-like carbon (DLC) KW - topography KW - X-ray absorption spectroscopy KW - plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition Y1 - 2013 UR - http://www.dpg-verhandlungen.de/year/2013/conference/regensburg/part/o/session/33/contribution/4?lang=de PB - Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft CY - Bad Honnef ER -