Advanced Military Materials made by Metal Particle Coating Techniques

Physical vapour deposition (EB-PVD) is a well-known technology that is widely used for the deposition of thin films regarding many demands, with a wide range of applications such as conductive textiles. It is a technique in which a high-energy electron beam is used and the metal is deposited on the surface of the substrate in the molecular form under high vacuum conditions. EB-PVD techniques have many advantages, including the high purity, efficiency and ecological nature of the process; the possibility of using substrates mainly in the form of gases and pure metals instead of expensive, complex and usually toxic chemical compounds; the possibility of producing both non-stoichiometric with different properties.<br />In our research, the development of a primary haemostasis device designed to save the lives of combatants is based on a conductive textile substrate that was achieved by thin film deposition of Cu particles with a hybrid PVD (Physical Vapor Deposition) system, type Torr-Mod