Masked deposition of decorative coatings on large area glass and plastic sheets

An industrial installation for vacuum are deposition is presented. Its pote ntial in the field of decorative coatings for large area glass and plastic sheets is demonstrated, particularly its ability to deposit the patterned c oatings with the aid of a textile polymeric mask. Titanium nitride, titaniu m dioxide and bilayer TiN/TiO2 coatings on silica glass have been character ized in terms of composition and corrosion resistance. The corrosion resist ance of TiN coatings is higher than the corrosion resistance of TiO2. The c orrosion resistance of vacuum are deposited TiN coatings on glass prove to be higher than that of TiN coatings produced by DC reactive sputtering and plasma assisted chemical vapour deposition, Mask-deposited TiN coatings do not show any signs of accelerated corrosion along the border between coated and uncoated glass. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.