Survey on Pulsed Electron beam Deposition work in technique and medicine

The principal benefits of the PED (Pulsed Electron Deposition) coating method using Channel Spark are the simplicity of the system itself and the excellent coating results as for instance conservation of stoichiometry even in complicated alkali-earth alkali compounds within 1 % to 2 % and growth rates up to 1 Å per shot. The coating process relies on ablative generated molten droplets of nano scale, which are deposited amorphous onto the surface of the substrate. Even plastic substrates and thin plastic foils can be coated provided the repetition rates are low enough. Since the initial capital and operational costs are low in comparison with PLD (Pulsed Laser Deposition), there is a wide field of actual and future applications of PED which are summarized in this presentation.