On the coating of polymers – basic investigations

Corrosion protection of magnesium alloy AZ31 by coating with poly(ether imides) (PEI)

“…During the last years polymer systems were commonly used for other metals like aluminium or steel. This includes polymers based on acrylates, polypyrroles, polyanilines and several types of polyesters [5,[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. However, for magnesium and magnesium alloys they were mostly not successful.…”

Study of the abrasion resistance under scratching of polybutylenetereftalate–glass fiber composites

“…In contrast, the number of studies on the tribological performance of PBT composites is still limited in comparison [17][18][19][20][21]. In order to improve the tribological performance of PBT, the different strategies used have been either the addition of fibers, particles and nanophases [22,23] or the application of surface protective coatings [24,25].…”

Enhanced surface hardness of flexible polycarbonate substrates using plasma-polymerized organosilicon oxynitride films by air plasma jet under atmospheric pressure

“…However, their use is limited due to their soft surfaces. These limits can be overcome by coating the polymers with hard transparent protective coatings, such as SiO x [1], SiO x N y [2] and Al 2 O 3 [3]. Hard transparent protective coatings on polymers are mostly obtained by physical vapor deposition (evaporation or sputtering) [4] or by the sol-gel technique [5].…”