- Surface structures, chemical surface properties, metal interactions with gases,
adsorption and chemisorption.
- Physical properties of metal surfaces, optical and electrical properties.
peculiarities of surface and thin layers.
- Mechanical modifications and surface properties, machining and deformation
effects, internal stress, microhardness.
- Surface microgeometry, surface roughness characteristics and methods of their
determination, STM, AFM.
- Chemical surface treatment, pickling, polishing. Conversion layers, coatings
produced by oxidation. Thermo-chemical treatment of surface.
- Electrochemical processes and surface treatments, etching, electrolytic coatings.
- PVD and CVD technology. Heat plating and spraying, ion implantation, surface
treatment by laser and plasma.
- Structure of internal interfaces in solids, grain boundaries, segregation,
epitaxy, nanostructured materials.
- Degradation of surfaces (coatings, layers) under mechanical loading and wear; by
thermal energy, due to corrosion.
- Surface pretreatment. Paint systems, enamels, ceramic coatings. Finishing
operations, quality control.
- Special materials and technologies. Inclusive compounds, LB-layers, emulsions and
foams, colloidal systems.
- Heterogeneous catalysis, two-dimensional chemical technology, catalysis on
polymers and metallic glass.
- Selected methods of surface study: X-ray analysis, diffraction tensometry, Auger
spectroscopy, XPS, SIMS.
- Determination of the coatings and layers properties according to standards:
roughness, thickness, adhesion and porosity. Indentation methods.
adsorption and chemisorption.
- Physical properties of metal surfaces, optical and electrical properties.
peculiarities of surface and thin layers.
- Mechanical modifications and surface properties, machining and deformation
effects, internal stress, microhardness.
- Surface microgeometry, surface roughness characteristics and methods of their
determination, STM, AFM.
- Chemical surface treatment, pickling, polishing. Conversion layers, coatings
produced by oxidation. Thermo-chemical treatment of surface.
- Electrochemical processes and surface treatments, etching, electrolytic coatings.
- PVD and CVD technology. Heat plating and spraying, ion implantation, surface
treatment by laser and plasma.
- Structure of internal interfaces in solids, grain boundaries, segregation,
epitaxy, nanostructured materials.
- Degradation of surfaces (coatings, layers) under mechanical loading and wear; by
thermal energy, due to corrosion.
- Surface pretreatment. Paint systems, enamels, ceramic coatings. Finishing
operations, quality control.
- Special materials and technologies. Inclusive compounds, LB-layers, emulsions and
foams, colloidal systems.
- Heterogeneous catalysis, two-dimensional chemical technology, catalysis on
polymers and metallic glass.
- Selected methods of surface study: X-ray analysis, diffraction tensometry, Auger
spectroscopy, XPS, SIMS.
- Determination of the coatings and layers properties according to standards:
roughness, thickness, adhesion and porosity. Indentation methods.