The vision of the TR87 is to develope an complete understanding of plasma deposition processes ranging from the atom in the gas phase to the solid material. In order to do this, two different examples are put into focus: the physical vapor deposition of ceramic coatings onto metal surfaces and the PE-CVD deposition of silicon or carbon-based coatings onto polymeric substrates.The research is distributed onto 18 different sub-projects and three different universities: Ruhr-University Bochum, RWTH Aachen, and or course, the University of Paderborn. Information about our subprojects in Paderborn can be found below. More information about the SFB-TR87 can be found in the official webpage here (German only).