The microstructure of thin films applied by conventional physical vapor deposition for use as
optical coatings is columnar for most of the materials commonly used. This has been …

During the last two decades ion beams have become an important tool for producing
topographical structures with micrometer dimensions in a large variety of geometrical …

The present paper describes recent progress in characterization of the glass surface
structure and minimization of the disturbance of the composition and structure during …

A method of measuring concentration profiles in glass surface layers by photon emission
during ion sputtering, that offers a depth resolution of 30 to 50 Å, is applied to leached …

Besides the theoretical design of optical interference coatings, the knowledge of their
nonoptical properties like chemical composition, structural features, mechanical …

This work studied the microstructure of electrogalvanized coatings and structural changes
which take place in the coatings and at the coating-steel interface during various heating …

Thin films for optical applications have been produced for many years. The main method is
thermal evaporation of coating materials from either a boat or an e-beam source in a high …

Zusammenfassung In der Raster-Elektronenmikroskopie kann man Oberflächen fester
Objekte direkt abbilden, wenn sie 1. sauber (frei von Belegungen) sind, 2 …

The investigation of the composition of the surfaces and the spatial distributions of elements
and phases within subsurface layers on glasses, coatings and interfacial layers is a most …