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Surface engineering

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction Czech
Code 653-0946/01
Abbreviation PI
Course title Surface engineering
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Materials Engineering and Recycling
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Bohumír Strnadel, DrSc.

Subject syllabus

- 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.

Literature

DWIVEDI, D. K. Surface Engineering. Ed. 1. New Delhi: Springer India, 2018. ISBN 978-81-322-3779-2 .
DEARNLEY, P. Introduction to Surface Engineering. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9781139031509 .
MARTIN, P. Introduction to Surface Engineering and Functionally Engineered Materials. New York: John Wiley&Sons, 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-63927-6  (online ISBN 0470639276 ).
OURA, K. et. al. Surface Science. An Introduction. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2003. ISBN 3-54-00545-5.
ASM Handbook - Volume 5: Surface Engineering. 10th edition. Ohio: Materials Park, ASM International, 2016. ISBN 161508272.

Advised literature

DAVIM, J. P. Materials and Surface Engineering. 1st ed.: Elsevier Woodhead Publishing, 2012. ISBN eBook: 978-0-85709-603-6, Hardcover: 978-0-85709-151-2.
MØLLER P and L. P. NIELSEN. Advanced Surface Technology, Vol. 1+2, Lyngby: DTU, NASF, 2013. ISBN 9788792765246  (v.1),9788792765253 (v.2).