Methods for the Study and Control of Microplasma Processes in the Synthesis of Coatings

The physical bases for determining the ignition and quenching potentials of microplasma discharges in solutions have been developed. Chronopotentiometric, chronoamperometric dependences on the conditions for obtaining coatings and the dependence of the time constant of the transient process on the voltage and duration of the process, as well as current–voltage dependences at the rates of rise and fall of the potential voltage from 10⁶ to 10⁸ V/s, are obtained. The developed method is applicable to control the process of deposition of microplasma non-metallic inorganic coatings and is the basis of the technique for in situ control of coating deposition.