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Optimisation of the properties of siloxane coatings as antibiofouling coatings : comparison of PACVD and hybrid PACVD-PVD coatings

in hybrid coatings deposited by simultaneous sputtering of silicon and plasma polymerisation of HMDSO + O2 were prepared on glass and steel substrates. oxygen content and surface energy increased with decreasing HMDSO/O2 ratio in hybrid coatings.

COBISS.SI-ID: 797866

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Fluorinated/siloxane copolymer blends for fouling release : chemical characterisation and biological evaluation with algae and barnacles.

Fouling-release coatings were prepared from blends of a fluorinated/siloxane copolymer with a poly(dimethyl siloxane) (PDMS) matrix in order to couple the low modulus character of PDMS with the low surface tension typical for fluorinated polymers. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy depth profiling analyses were performed .

COBISS.SI-ID: 723626

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The potential of nano-structured silicon oxide type coatings deposited by PACVD for control of aquatic biofouling

SiO[sub]x-like coatings were deposited on glass slides from a by plasma-assisted CVD (PACVD). . The most hydrophobic coatings also showed good performance against a freshwater bacterium, Pseudomonas fluorescens

COBISS.SI-ID: 707754

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Deposition parameters to improve the fouling-release properties of thin siloxane coatings prepared by PACVD

A range of SiO[sub]x-like coatings were deposited on glass slides from a by plasma-assisted CVD resulting coatings were close to SiO[sub]2. For both the removal of sporelings of the marine green alga Ulva linza and the initial adhesion of the freshwater bacterium.

COBISS.SI-ID: 712106

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Characterization of multilayer PACVD TiN/Ti(B-N)/TiB2 coatings for hot-worked tool steels using electron spectroscopy techniques

Multilayer Ti(B-N) layers have been sandwiched between a TiN coating on treated AISI H11 steel and an outermost TiB[sub]2 coating. The multilayer coating have been characterized using electron spectroscopy techniques. FE-AES was used to examine the composition of the multilayered films since it has a smaller analysis depth.

COBISS.SI-ID: 699562