ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025
A Comparison of High-Impulse and Direct-Current Magnetron Sputtering Processes for the Formation of Effective Bactericidal Oxide Coatings on Polymer Substrates.
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- Design of Experiments for the Study of High-Power Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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In this paper, silver oxide (AgO) and copper oxide (CuO) coatings are placed on a single sputtering target with the direct-current magnetron sputtering (DCMS) and high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) methods. All the tested coatings are obtained in a reactive process using a metallic target made by the Kurt Lesker company. The investigated coatings are deposited at room temperature on substrates made of pure iron (ARMCO) and polypropylene (PP) without substrate polarization. The deposition time for all the coatings is the same. The results of SEM and TEM investigations clearly show that using the HIPIMS method for the deposition of AgO and CuO coatings reduces their thickness and increases their structure density. Coatings produced with the HIPIMS method are characterized by a higher hardness and Young's modulus. The value of hardness for AgO and CuO coatings deposited by the HIPIMS method is around 50% higher for AgO coatings and around 24% higher for CuO coatings compared to the coatings obtained by the DC method. This is also true of Young's modulus values, which are around 30% higher for AgO coatings and 15% higher for CuO coatings produced by the HIPIMS method compared to those of coatings obtained with the DC method. AgO and CuO coatings deposited with both the methods (HIPIMS and DCMS) showed 100% reduction in the viability of two reference laboratory bacteria strains-
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