Fabrication of high-performance coatings systems via a novel in-situ/ex-situ characterization technique

This report will briefly outline some of the key findings made during the course of this project and some new work on the phase structure changes concomitant with the delamination behavior of Ta metallizations. Detailed accountants of prior work have been in included in previous 'Interim Reports' of this Grant and in the many technical papers that have resulted from the support of this work. A complete list of these publications is provided in Appendix II of this Final Report.