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 …

The rapid evolution of flexible electronic devices promises to revolutionize numerous fields
by expanding the applications of smart devices. Nevertheless, despite this vast potential, the …

Close monitoring of vital physiological parameters is often key in following the evolution of
certain medical conditions (eg, diabetes, infections, post-operative status or post-traumatic …

The formation mechanism of banded microstructures of an electron beam melted
engineering intermetallic Ti–48Al–2Cr–2Nb alloy, the solidification behavior, and the heat …

Self‐healing microelectronics are needed for costly applications with limited or without
access. They are needed in fields such as space exploration to increase lifetime and …

In this study, pseudo-elastic Ni 50.8 at.%-Ti alloy sheets of 1000 μm thickness were coated
with 10 μm thick refractory metal thin films (Mo, Ta and Nb thin films, respectively), by …

Within this study a series of MoNbTaWZr thin films were synthesized using high power
impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) with varying the deposition parameters: duty cycle …

The in situ characterization of the deformation and fracture behavior of brittle metal films is of
great technological interest for many modern applications. A prominent example is the field …

The effects of residual stress and film thickness on crack evolution in metallic trilayers
deposited on polyimide substrate have been investigated during uniaxial tensile loading …

Thin films within the immiscible binary Cu-Mo system were synthetized by dc magnetron
sputter co-deposition and studied over the entire composition range. In the as-deposited …