„Pulsed high-power plasmas for the synthesis of nano-structural functional layers“

Plasma technology is used in many technical areas and has been described as one of the key technologies of the 21st century. Alongside traditional fields of application, this technology is also being increasingly used in the finishing of plastics. Nevertheless, a number of questions still remain unanswered, for example regarding the fundamental relationships between plasma physics and material properties.

The IKV has therefore joined forces with research teams from RWTH Aachen University and Ruhr University Bochum with the aim, through the application of a trans-regional research (SFB/TRR 87), of examining fundamental problems in the development of plasmasupported layers. This SFB bears the title "Pulsed high-power plasmas for the synthesis of nano-structural functional layers".

At its meeting on May 18, 2010, the Senate of the German Research Foundation (DFG) finally approved sponsorship of the SFB/TRR 87. The first phase will begin in July 2010. The spokesperson for the SFB is Professor Dr.-Ing. Peter Awakowicz who holds the Chair of General Electrical Engineering and Plasma Technology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

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