Devitrification of thin film Cu–Zr metallic glass via ultrashort pulsed laser annealing

Nanostructured Zr-Pd Metallic Glass Thin Film for Biochemical Applications

Zr-Pd metallic glassy thin films with a hierarchical nano-scale structure, produced by magnetron sputtering of the Zr and Pd powder mixture, demonstrate a unique combination of physical and biochemical properties. Thermal stability of the nano-structured glassy samples, their resistance to oxidation in dry air and phase transformation behavior are discussed in the present work. These binary all...

Shear-induced volumetric strain in CuZr metallic glass

Assembly of metallic nanoparticle arrays on glass via nanoimprinting and thin-film dewetting

We propose a nanofabrication process to generate large-area arrays of noble metal nanoparticles on glass substrates via nanoimprinting and dewetting of metallic thin films. Glass templates were made via pattern transfer from a topographic Si mold to an inorganically cross-linked sol-gel (IGSG) resist on glass using a two-layer polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamp followed by annealing, which turne...

ArF Excimer Laser Annealing of Polycrystalline Silicon Thin Film

Crystallization of amorphous silicon (a-Si) using excimer laser annealing (ELA) has been reported since 1994 by Watanabe group. It is known as the best method to fabricate a good poly-silicon because it can heat the film up to the melting point and, at the same time no thermal damage occur into the glass substrate (Carluccio et al., 1997; Matsumura and Oh, 1999). ELA technique is widely used to...

Synthesis of Novel Thin-Film Materials by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Pulsed laser deposition (PLD) is a conceptually and experimentally simple yet highly versatile tool for thin-film and multilayer research. Its advantages for the film growth of oxides and other chemically complex materials include stoichiometric transfer, growth from an energetic beam, reactive deposition, and inherent simplicity for the growth of multilayered structures. With the use of PLD, a...