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Concept
Substrate (materials science)
Summary
Substrate is a term used in materials science and engineering to describe the base material on which processing is conducted. This surface could be used to produce new film or layers of material such as deposited coatings. It could be the base to which paint, adhesives, or adhesive tape is bonded.
A typical substrate might be rigid such as metal, concrete, or glass, onto which a coating might be deposited. Flexible substrates are also used.
With all coating processes, the condition of the surface of the substrate can strongly affect the bond of subsequent layers. This can include cleanliness, smoothness, surface energy, moisture, etc. Some substrates are anisotropic with surface properties being different depending on the direction: examples include wood and paper products.
Coatings
Coating can be by a variety of processes:
Adhesives and Adhesive tapes
Coating and printing processes
Chemical vapor deposition and physical vapor deposition
Conversion coating
Anodizing
Chromate conversion coating
Plasma electrolytic oxidation
Phosphate (coating)
Paint
Enamel (paint)
Powder coating
Industrial coating
Silicate mineral paint
Fusion bonded epoxy coating (FBE coating)
Pickled and oiled, a type of plate steel coating.
Plating
Electroless plating
Electrochemical plating
Polymer coatings, such as Teflon
Sputtered or vacuum deposited materials
Enamel (vitreous)
In optics, glass may be used as a substrate for an optical coating—either an antireflection coating to reduce reflection, or a mirror coating to enhance it.
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