Optimisation of the properties of siloxane coatings as anti-biofouling coatings: Comparison of PACVD and hybrid PACVD-PVD coatings

Parnia Navabpour, Dennis Teer, Xueju Su, Chen Liu, Su Wang, Qi Zhao, Crtomir Donik, Aleksandra Kocijan, Monika Jenko

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    Abstract

    Plasma-assisted chemical vapour deposition (PACVD) siloxane coatings from a mixture of hexamethyldisiloxane (HMDSO) and O-2, and hybrid coatings deposited by simultaneous sputtering of silicon and plasma polymerisation of HMDSO + O-2 were prepared on glass and steel substrates. The effect of the addition of sputtered silicon was investigated for coatings with different HMDSO/O-2 ratios. The microstructure and composition of coatings were affected by the coating parameters used. Silicon content was roughly the same for all coatings; carbon content decreased while oxygen content and surface energy increased with decreasing HMDSO/O-2 ratio in hybrid coatings. Hardness and modulus were higher for hybrid coatings and increased with decreasing HMDSO/O-2 ratio. Hybrid coatings showed much better scratch and wear resistance than PACVD coatings. All coatings showed good fouling-release performance with the freshwater bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3188-3195
    Number of pages8
    JournalSurface & Coatings Technology
    Volume204
    Issue number20
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Jul 2010

    Keywords

    • PACVD
    • HMDSO
    • Biofouling
    • Pseudomonas fluorescens
    • THIN-FILMS
    • DEPOSITION

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