2019 SVC TechCon

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Aspects of Surface Technologies for Materials Science (Room Room 104-C)

01 May 19
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Fundamental Aspects of Coatings (Joint Session with ICMCTF)

Materials play a key role in all industrial branches and are of high economic relevance. New materials help to increase the efficiency of solar cells and power plants, enable green cars and electric mobility or offer improved medical care by means of new diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Successful innovations in material science require cooperation of different disciplines and a high degree of networking between industrial and academic expertise. This is supported by a targeted funding of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. Mostly material properties were determined by surfaces. Surface engineering has become a key technology in industry. Today such processes are widespread in these industrial branches. A further growth is limited by costs and a qualification deficiency. This presentation will focus on the challenges and opportunities of the materials research program and present examples concerning surface technologies. One is rotogravure for security technologies or displays. New nano inks were developed by a combinatorial process of plasma printing and rotogravure. Others are security features like holograms, lens effects and sensors. Very exact coatings and structure thicknesses are required. With switchable glasses the energy input from the sun into a building can be controlled. Composites must fulfill material technical requirements for the production of a new type of inexpensive dimmable glazing with improved properties over the prior art.