Materials engineering for flexible metallic thin film applications

MJ Cordill, P Kreiml, C Mitterer - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
More and more flexible, bendable, and stretchable sensors and displays are becoming a
reality. While complex engineering and fabrication methods exist to manufacture flexible thin …

[HTML][HTML] Insights into surface modification and erosion of multi-element arc cathodes using a novel multilayer cathode design

M Golizadeh, A Anders, F Mendez Martin… - Journal of applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Nowadays, multi-element cathodes are frequently employed to grow multi-element thin films
and coatings using cathodic arc deposition processes. During cathode erosion, the cathode …

[HTML][HTML] Stability, deoxidation, and sintering characteristics of activated Mo–10% Nb solid-solution powders prepared by mechanical alloying

H Li, X Wu, P Wang, Q Li, T Zhang, K Yang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Refractory Mo–10% Nb sputtering targets play a key role in the electronic integrated
circuit and flat panel display industries. However, the fabrication of high-performance Mo …

The sputter performance of an industrial-scale planar Mo-target over its lifetime: Target erosion and film properties

M Rausch, A Sabag, KH Pichler, GC Gruber… - Surface and Coatings …, 2020 - Elsevier
Magnetron sputter deposited Mo-based thin films are widely used as diffusion barriers and
metallization layers for signal and data bus lines of flat panel displays or back electrodes of …

In-plane lattice thermal conductivity predictions of thin films within columnar grains

Q Chen, Q Hao - Journal of Applied Physics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Polycrystalline thin films are widely used for devices and energy-related applications, such
as power electronics, solar cells, and thermal management of devices. In many cases, large …

Sputtering: An eco‐friendly technique to obtain polymer‐metal hybrids

ML Moretti, AAC Recco, D Becker - Journal of Applied Polymer …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Among the methods commonly used to obtain polymer‐metal hybrids, sputtering has stood
out for its ability to deposit thin films at room temperature. Another highlight is that it does not …

Ballistic and thermalized regimes to tune structure and conducting properties of W–Mo thin films

H Boukhalfa, V Potin, N Martin - Vacuum, 2022 - Elsevier
W–Mo thin films are prepared by magnetron co-sputtering using glancing angle deposition.
The same deposition angle α W= α Mo= 80° is used for both W and Mo targets. Two different …

Sputter deposition of NiW films from a rotatable target

M Rausch, M Golizadeh, P Kreiml, MJ Cordill… - Applied surface …, 2020 - Elsevier
A series of NiW thin films was magnetron sputter deposited from a rotatable Ni80W20 target
at Ar pressures ranging from 0.25 to 1.00 Pa on a matrix of (1 0 0) Si substrates. All films …

[HTML][HTML] Angular resolved mass-energy analysis of species emitted from a dc magnetron sputtered NiW-target

M Rausch, S Mráz, P Kreiml, MJ Cordill… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
A Ni81W19 target was dc sputter eroded at constant target power density from a tiltable
magnetron at different Ar pressures. The combination with a stationary mass-energy …

Uniform and smooth molybdenum film produced through picosecond pulsed laser deposition

S Dai, J Yu, Z Mo, J Wang, J He, J Meng… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
An approach to achieve uniform and smooth molybdenum (Mo) film on a BK7 glass plate at
room temperature is proposed through picosecond pulsed laser deposition, with the pulsed …