Diamond Like Carbon (DLC) films were deposited on quartz substrates using Dense Plasma Focus (DPF) method. The formation of sp bonds as is it’s content in the film strongly depends on the substrate and it seems quartz is not a suitable substrate. However, we report here the formation of DLC films on quartz substrates that were maintained at elevated temperatures and show the content of carbon a...

Recently we have investigated the formation of novel thick, solid, mesostructured films of polymer/surfactant mixtures which form spontaneously at the air-solution interface. Here we report studies of the effect of adding a series of sparingly soluble species to the precursor solution, to alter the mesostructure of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide/polyethylenimine films and to investigate the inc...

A common ideology of the coatings industry is that performance of solventless architectural coatings must be poor since they lack conventional coalescing agents. Indeed, it is well established that useful protective coatings must possess below ambient minimum film formation temperatures (MFT or MFFT) for flow, leveling, and substrate adhesion, and reach a glass transition temperature (T,) well ...