AN ANTIMICROBIAL MULTILAYER THIN-FILM MATERIALS COATING

    公开(公告)号:EP4421207A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-28

    申请号:EP23158463.2

    申请日:2023-02-24

    摘要: The invention relates to the field of antimicrobial-thin film coatings, in particular to vacuum deposition of transparent conductive coatings by magnetron sputtering. The proposed process for deposition of an antimicrobial multilayer coating on a substrate by reactive magnetron sputtering, comprises the following steps:(i)positioning a substrate in a vacuum chamber having two magnetrons: one and two and tungsten and cuprum sources for sputtered particles and a process gas shroud means for partially enveloping the magnetrons one and two, the substrate having a surface facing the sources;(ii)withdrawing and depleting gas from the vacuum chamber and creating process pressure below 1×10-5 Torr;(iii)introducing an inert gas and oxygen to the shroud means and the vacuum chamber with 5×10-3 - 30×10-3 Torr said gases partial pressure;(iv)operating the magnetron one to sputter tungsten particles from the tungsten source for coating the substrate surface with a tungsten oxide layer; as soon as the desired thickness of coating on the substrate surface is reached, disactivating the magnetron one;(v)withdrawing and depleting gas from the vacuum chamber and creating process pressure below 1×10-5 Torr;(vi)introducing an inert gas to the shroud means and the vacuum chamber with 5×10-3 - 7×10-3 Torr inert gas partial pressure;(vii)operating the magnetron two to sputter cuprum particles from the cuprum source for coating the tungsten oxide layer obtained at the step (iv) with a cuprum layer; as soon as the desired thickness of the cuprum layer coating on the tungsten oxide layer is reached, disactivating the magnetron two; (viii) introducing oxygen to the shroud means and the vacuum chamber with 5×10-3 - 10×10-3 Torr oxygen partial pressure;(ix)operating the magnetron one to sputter tungsten particles from the tungsten source for coating the cuprum layer obtained at the step (vii) by a tungsten oxide layer; as soon as the desired thickness of coating on the cuprum layer is reached, disactivating the magnetron one.