Surface Engineering and Coatings

On successful completion of this short course you will be able to:

• Demonstrate understanding of the concepts of surface engineering
• Demonstrate a sound knowledge for the systematic application of alternative technologies used to fabricate coating systems
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the physics and chemistry of physical vapour deposition and chemical vapour deposition and their relevance to industry
• Demonstrate knowledge and critical awareness of plasma/surface interactions and their relevance to industry
• Demonstrate understanding and critical awareness of current principles of optical coating design
• Evaluate the microstructure characteristics used to describe materials
• Demonstrate knowledge and critical awareness of the techniques used to characterise the surface and the principals behind their operation.

• Philosophy of surface engineering, general applications and requirements. Principles and design of optical coatings. Physics of the plasma state and plasma surface interactions. Surface engineering as part of a manufacturing process. Integrating coating systems into the design process. Coating manufacturing processes. Electro deposition. Flame spraying. Plasma spray. Physical vapour deposition. Chemical vapour deposition. HIP surface treatments. Sol-gel coatings. Spin coating methods

• Analytical Techniques: X-ray diffraction, TEM, SEM and EDX, WDX analysis, surface analysis by AES, XPS and SIMS, overview of other techniques

• Coating systems for optical applications. Multilayered coating architectures. Anti-reflection coatings. Wavelength selective coating design.