An investigation was made of the physicomechanical surface properties of polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate, and polymers with an applied heat-curable siloxane coating by methods of scanning probe microscopy, nanoindentation, and sclerometry. It was established that high resistance of the siloxane coating to abrasive wear is achieved as a result of a reduction in the average surface roughness and increase in the ratio of hardness to elastic modulus of the material, and also the high degree of elastic recovery. The results obtained were compared with data obtained using traditional methods of polymer study.
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