Adhesion Measurement of Films and Coatings, Volume 1

Content:
• Front Matter 
• Preface 
• Table of Contents 
 1. Adhesion Measurement of Films and Coatings: A Commentary 
 2. Adherence Failure and Measurement: Some Troubling Questions 
 3. Measurement of Adhesion for Thermally Sprayed Materials 
 4. Adhesion Measurement of Thin Metal Films by Scratch, Peel, and Pull Methods 
 5. Fracture Mechanics Tests for Measuring the Adhesion of Magnetron-Sputtered TiN Coatings 
 6. The Effect of Residual Stresses on Adhesion Measurements 
 7. Adhesion of Diamond-Like Carbon Films on Polymers: An Assessment of the Validity of the Scratch Test Technique Applied to Flexible Substrates 
 8. Adhesion Improvement of RF-Sputtered Alumina Coatings as Determined by the Scratch Test 
 9. Scratch Indentation, a Simple Adhesion Test Method for Thin Films on Polymeric Supports 
 10. On the Evaluation of Adhesion of Coatings by Automatic Scratch Testing 
 11. Continuous Microscratch Measurements of Thin Film Adhesion Strengths 
 12. Micro-Scratch Test for Adhesion Evaluation of Thin Films 
 13. Mechanics of the Indentation Test and Its Use to Assess the Adhesion of Polymeric Coatings 
 14. Observations and Simple Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Indentation Fracture Delamination of TiN Films on Silicon 
 15. A Study of the Fracture Efficiency Parameter of Blister Tests for Films and Coatings 
 16. Adhesion (Fracture Energy) of Electropolymerized Poly (n-Octyl Maleimide-Co-Styrene) Coatings on Copper Substrates Using a Constrained Blister Test 
 17. An Experimental Partitioning of the Mechanical Energy Expended During Peel Testing 
 18. Comparison of Finite Element Stress Analysis Results with Peel Strength at the Copper–Polyimide Interface 
 19. Measurement of the Practical Adhesion of Paint Coatings to Metallic Sheets by the Pull-Off and Three-Point Flexure Tests 
 20. Analysis of Pull Tests for Determining the Effects of Ion Implantation on the Adhesion of Iron Films to Sapphire Substrates 
 21. Measurement of the Adhesion of Diamond Films on Tungsten and Correlations with Processing Parameters 
 22. Adhesion Measurements of Non-Crystalline Diamond Films Prepared by a Laser Plasma Discharge Source 
 23. Nondestructive Dynamic Evaluation of Thin NiTi Film Adhesion 
 24. Recent Developments in the Laser Spallation Technique to Measure the Interface Strength and Its Relationship to Interface Toughness with Applications to Metal/Ceramic, Ceramic/Ceramic and Ceramic/Polymer Interfaces 
 25. Assessment of Adhesion of Ti(Y)N and Ti(La)N Coatings by an in situ SEM Constant-Rate Tensile Test 
 26. Adhesion Studies of Polyimide Films Using a Surface Acoustic Wave Sensor 
 27. Salt Bath Test for Assessing the Adhesion of Silver to Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Web 
 28. Testing the Adhesion of Paint Films to Metals by Swelling in N-Methyl Pyrrolidone