Optimisation of HiPIMS photocatalytic titania coatings for low temperature deposition
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1775
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.surfcoat.2014.02.020
- Title of journal
- Surface and Coatings Technology
- Article number
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- First page
- 7
- Volume
- 250
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0257-8972
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- February
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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http://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/600602/
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
- Research group(s)
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D - Surface Engineering
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- HiPIMS deposition is a technique at the forefront of physical vapour deposition research. Its application to thermally sensitive substrates (e.g. polymeric web), was first identified by the Surface Engineering Group at Manchester Met, and demonstrates here, for the first time, as-deposited crystalline photocatalytic titania films sputtered onto polymers at low temperature. The work greatly increases the potential for commercialisation of high-quality functional films on polymeric web, a major market including photocatalysis, flexible electronics, etc., via a proven industrial process. Suitable analytical techniques–Raman spectroscopy, contact angle goniometry and methylene blue dye degradation – were employed to identify the most successful coatings.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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