A review of various single layer, bilayer, and multilayer TCO materials and their applications

SM Rozati, SAM Ziabari - Materials Chemistry and Physics, 2022 - Elsevier
Since fabricating the first transparent conductive oxide (TCO) material, several investigations
and applications have been reported in such fields as portable and flexible electronics, solar …

In‐Plane AlN‐based Actuator: Toward a New Generation of Piezoelectric MEMS

K Bespalova, T Nieminen, A Gabrelian… - Advanced Electronic …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A novel design that utilizes aluminum nitride (AlN) piezoelectric thin films deposited on
vertical surfaces for lateral motion and sensing is a step toward emerging multi‐axial …

Piezoelectric aluminum nitride thin films for CMOS compatible MEMS: Sputter deposition and do**

S Sandeep, RMR Pinto, J Rudresh… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Amongst the piezoelectric thin films suited for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), AlN
has gained particular technological relevance due to its unique material properties (large …

Atomic layer deposition of AlN using atomic layer annealing—Towards high-quality AlN on vertical sidewalls

E Österlund, H Seppänen, K Bespalova… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Atomic layer deposition (ALD) of aluminum nitride (AlN) using in situ atomic layer annealing
(ALA) is studied for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Effective piezoelectric in …

Deposition of highly crystalline AlScN thin films using synchronized high-power impulse magnetron sputtering: From combinatorial screening to piezoelectric devices

J Patidar, K Thorwarth, T Schmitz-Kempen… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
With the integration of 5G in day-to-day devices and the foreseeable 6G revolution, demand
for advanced radio frequency (RF) microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) is growing …

Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of AlN on High Degree Roughness Vertical Surfaces for MEMS Fabrication

K Bespalova, G Ross, S Suihkonen… - Advanced Electronic …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aluminum nitride (AlN) grown on vertical surfaces can be utilized for the fabrication of
advanced piezoelectric microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). The in‐plane motion of …

[HTML][HTML] Scaling of piezoelectric in-plane NEMS: Towards nanoscale integration of AlN-based transducer on vertical sidewalls

A Gabrelian, V Miikkulainen, G Ross… - Materials & Design, 2024 - Elsevier
One of the key advantages of Piezoelectric MEMS (PiezoMEMS) is its scalability,
overcoming issues commonly associated with alternative transduction methods. However …

[HTML][HTML] Unlocking the potential of piezoelectric films grown on vertical surfaces for inertial MEMS

A Gabrelian, G Ross, K Bespalova… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
Devices based on piezoelectric actuation are some of the most promising among the
microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Commonly, piezoelectric materials, such as …

Deposition of highly-crystalline AlScN thin films using synchronized HiPIMS--from combinatorial screening to piezoelectric devices

J Patidar, K Thorwarth, T Schmitz-Kempen… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Fueled by the 5G revolution, the demand for advanced radio frequency micro-
electromechanical systems (MEMS) based on AlScN is growing rapidly. However …

Properties of stainless-steel surface after hollow cathode assisted plasma nitriding

Z Zhang, Y Bi, M Zhang, Y Li, F Zhao… - Materials Research …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
AISI 304 stainless steel was nitrided at different temperature in the plasma equipment using
a new auxiliary device. The proposed hollow cathode auxiliary device improves the plasma …