Coatings

Coatings are of increasing importance for many industrial products for reasons of protection (e.g. from corrosion or mechanical damage like stone-chipping), stability enhancement, surface functionalization, and aesthetics. The often required application of complex layered coating systems on very different substrates (metal, glass, polymers, ...) necessitates high standards of the production technology. The characterization of point defects and the investigation of adhesive problems are among the most common issues to be resolved by surface analysis:

  • Quality control of raw materials
  • Identification of individual components (binders, additives)
  • Determination of layer structure
  • Surface topography
  • Adhesion behavior
  • Crater formation
  • Discoloration and staining
  • Particles
  • ...

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