US-Belgium Cooperative Research: Fundamental Studies of Metal Electrocrystallization

该奖项将支持密苏里大学罗拉分校的 Thomas O'Keefe 博士和比利时布鲁塞尔自由大学的 Rene Winand 博士之间的持续合作研究。 当前技术重要性的一个主要领域是高科技材料的加工。 电子、化工、航空航天和自动化工业都严重依赖这种加工技术。 表面涂层和界面现象继续在与这些领域相关的材料科学中发挥作用。 在这个项目中，博士。 O'Keefe 和 Winand 将扩展他们之前在导电和非导电基板上的金属膜处理主题上的研究工作。 主要重点领域是金属薄膜生产的基本原理。 将包括对此类金属涂层的性能和特性（作为沉积工艺参数的函数）的表征和评估。 所使用的技术包括电解和射频等离子体增强有机金属沉积。 还将针对水性金属沉积系统中的质量传递测量进行具体工作。 该数据对于未来的高电流密度工艺非常重要。 这项联合工作的结果可能会提高人们对影响薄膜性能的因素的理解。 Winand 博士是欧洲领先的电化学家，专门研究金属电沉积。 奥基夫博士因其在锌沉积方面的工作而闻名。 该项目将受益于他们综合的专业知识。

This award will support continued collaborative research between Dr. Thomas O'Keefe, University of Missouri at Rolla and Dr. Rene Winand, Free University of Brussels, Belgium. A major area of current technical importance is the processing of high technology materials. The electronics, chemical, aerospace and automatic industries all rely heavily on such processing techniques. Surface coatings and interfacial phenomena continue to play a role in the material science related to these areas. In this project, Drs. O'Keefe and Winand will expand their previous research efforts on the topic of metal film processing on both conductive and non-conductive substrates. The areas of primary emphasis will be the fundamental principles of thin metal film production. The characterization and evaluation of the performance and properties of such metal coatings, as a function of deposition process parameters, will be included. The techniques used will include both electrolytic and RF plasma enhanced organometallic deposition. Specific work will also be carried out on mass transport measurements in aqueous metal deposition systems. This data is important to future high current density processes. The results of this joint work may lead improved understanding of factors affecting the properties of thin film. Dr. Winand is a leading European electrochemist specializing in electrodeposition of metals. Dr. O'Keefe is well known for his work on zinc deposition. This project will benefit from their combined expertise.