Deposition of Stainless Steel Thin Films: An Electron Beam Physical Vapour Deposition Approach

Properties of SnS thin films grown by physical vapour deposition

Thin films of tin sulfide (SnS) were prepared by thermal evaporation technique on glass substrates and on n-type Si substrate and their physical properties were studied. The phase of the obtained thin films before and after thermal treatment was confirmed by X-ray diffraction analysis and Raman spectra. Optical transmission and reflection spectra were measured in the wavelength range 300-1800 n...

Chemical vapour deposition of Group Vb metal phosphide thin films

The atmospheric pressure chemical vapour deposition (APCVD) reaction of VCl4 and VOCl3 with cyclohexylphosphine at substrate temperatures of 600 C deposits thin films of amorphous vanadium phosphide. The films are black/gold, hard, chemically resistant and conductive. The APCVD reaction of MCl5 (where M = Nb or Ta) with cyclohexylphosphine at 500 C – 600 C deposits films of crystalline -MP ...

Fabrication of superhydrophobic nanostructured films by Physical Vapour Deposition

This work reports on recent advances in the deposition of non-wettable coatings with high water contact angles (WCAs). We propose a simple and easily-controlled method for fabricating different types of nanoestructured films of Al2O3 with hydrophobic properties by Physical Vapour Deposition (PVD). The films have been deposited over three types of hydrophilic substrates with very different value...

Simulation of Fabrication toward High Quality Thin Films for Robotic Applications by Ionized Cluster Beam Deposition

The most commonly used method for the production of thin films is based on deposition of atoms or molecules onto a solid surface. One of the suitable method is to produce high quality metallic, semiconductor and organic thin film is Ionized cluster beam deposition (ICBD), which are used in electronic, robotic, optical, optoelectronic devices. Many important factors such as cluster size, cluster...

Electrochemistry with an electron beam – local metal deposition in ionic-liquid and molten-salt thin films