DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING OF ABRASION RES ISTANCE OF COATINGS

摘要

A device (10) and method (32) for the high throughput screening of the abrasion resistance of coatings. The device includes a plurality of transducers (12), each of the plurality of transducers having at least one external surface, and a plurality of coatings (14), each of the plurality of coatings deposited onto the external surface(s) of one of the plurality of transducers. The device also includes a plurality of oscillation sources (16), coupled to the plurality of transducers, for generating and applying an oscillation potential to each of the plurality of transducers. Further, the device includes a plurality of oscillation detectors (20), coupled to the plurality of transducers, for measuring the oscillation frequency and a variation in oscillation frequency associated with abrasion resistance in each of the plurality of transducers. The method includes exposing each of the plurality of coatings to an abrasive material (38), the abrasive material causing a change in mass and/or viscoelastic property in each of the plurality of coatings. Further, the method includes detecting and measuring the oscillation parameters (36, 40) and a variation in oscillation parameters (42) in each of the plurality of transducers, wherein the variation in oscillation parameters corresponds to the change in mass in each of the plurality of coatings.