Korean Institute of Surface Engineering

pISSN : 1225-8024 | eISSN : 3399-8403


공학

한국표면공학회지 (32권3호 257-264)

THE EFFECT OF AN APPLIED BIAS UPON THE REFLECTANCE AND ADHESION OF SILVER FILMS BEING SPUTTER-DEPOSITED ON POLYESTER SUBSTRATE


Ri, Eui-Jae;Hoang, Tae-Su;


KITech (SaengGiUeon);

Abstract

Thin reflective films are synthesized by using PVD methods with a bright metal of Al or Ag. For purposes of improving the reflectance and adhesion of such films particularly, substrate bias was applied during sputtering (namely, ion-plating) to enhance the deposition process with higher energy. And we succeeded in fabricating a quality silver film which possesses an adhesion of $85{;}Kg/ extrm{cm}^2$ and a high reflectivity of more than 96%. Both of reflectivity and adhesion are better in case of bias sputtering as controlled than nonbias sputtering, particularly the bias of 50-100 V showed most effective. The microstructures of sample films were examined by using various equipments and the XRD spectrum in particular showed that <111> direction is the preferred growth orientation.

Keywords

thin metallic film;reflective film;bias sputtering;ion-plating;polyester substrate;