Method for structuring layer surfaces

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PATENT NO 9890450
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14647911

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A coating method based on gas phase deposition by arc evaporation, with the steps: selecting a first target as a material source for the coating; providing a coating chamber with an arc evaporation source including the selected target; loading the chamber with substrates to be coated; pumping down the chamber to a process pressure suitable for the arc evaporation; and igniting and operating the arc such that material is evaporated from the first target and is then deposited on the substrates to be coated, optionally after reaction with a reactive gas admitted into the coating chamber. The first target includes at least one matrix component and one doping component such that the doping component has a melting point at least 500° C. lower than the matrix component, and a melted drop of the doping component on a solid surface of the matrix component assumes a contact angle of a least 90°.

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OERLIKON SURFACE SOLUTIONS AG PFÄFFIKONSWISS HOLE PFAFFIKON ZURICH

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Fopp-Spori, Doris Landquart, CH 3 3
Ramm, Jurgen Maienfeld, CH 37 354
Sobiech, Matthias Lukas Wasserburg, DE 6 16
Widrig, Beno Bad Ragaz, CH 38 178

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