Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST
Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST

Annual Report 2017

Innovative textured honing stone of silicon nitride ceramic, coated with CVD diamond.
© Fraunhofer IST, Falko Oldenburg
Innovative textured honing stone of silicon nitride ceramic, coated with CVD diamond.

Articles by Business Unit

Mechanical engineering, tools and automotive technology

  • Sensors for efficient manufacturing of natural fiber reinforced plastics [PDF]
  • Application-specific manufacutring of sensor systems [PDF]
  • Forming titanium alloys efficiently [PDF]
  • Textured CVD diamond honing stones [PDF]
  • Gas boriding of high alloy tool steels [PDF]
  • Thermal shock testers for light metal casting and forging tools [PDF]
  • Process chain for the pretreatment of tools for plasma coating [PDF] 
  • HIPIMS-Arc mixed mode deposition of ta-C films [PDF]
  • DLC coatings for forming [PDF]

Aerospace

  • Metallized CFRP mirrors for outer space [PDF]

Energy and electronics

  • Gas flow sputtered silicon layers [PDF]
  • New materials for switchable glazing [PDF]

Optics

  • Defect-free silicon oxide films for the avogadro project [PDF]
  • Development of an optical beam splitter with an extremely steep edge [PDF]
  • Simulation of dust particle movement in a plasma [PDF]

Life science and ecology

  • Labbag® – Laboratory in the bag [PDF]
  • Plasma jet for coatings with functional groups [PDF]
  • Atomic layer deposition in fluid systems [PDF]

Services and competencies

  • Modeling of the coating on 3D components [PDF]
  • Testing the service of hard material films [PDF]