Novel bake-out coatings for ultra -high vacuum ("UHV") systems

目前的项目致力于开发专门的、高价值的烘烤涂层系统，应用于高价值、超高真空粒子加速器生产线、同步加速器研究装置和专门的半导体制造生产线。这些永久安装的新型涂层将在需要时立即部署以进行烘烤，并将在改善烘烤性能和经济性(同时建立真空)以及提高设备本身的运行效率方面为这些系统带来显著的运营优势。该项目将寻求提供这种新型烘烤涂层，用于一系列不同的真空容器结构材料，包括不锈钢、铝(及其合金)、OFHC铜和各种高镍含量合金。

The current project seeks to develop specialist, high-value , 'bake-out' coating systems for application to high value, Ultra-High-Vacuum particle accelerator lines, synchrotron research installations and specialised semiconductor fab production lines. These permanently installed, novel coatings will be immediately deployable for baking-out, whenever required, & will deliver significant operational benefits to those systems in terms of improved 'bake-out' performance & economics (whilst establishing the vacuum) and in improved running efficiency of the installations themselves. The project will seek to provide such novel bake-out coatings for application to a range of different vacuum vessel materials of construction, including stainless steel, aluminium (& its alloys), OFHC copper & various high-nickel-content alloys.