Surface Coatings and Thin Film Formation by Ion Plating.

Formation of silicon nanodots via ion beam sputtering of ultrathin gold thin film coatings on Si

Ion beam sputtering of ultrathin film Au coatings used as a physical catalyst for self-organization of Si nanostructures has been achieved by tuning the incident particle energy. This approach holds promise as a scalable nanomanufacturing parallel processing alternative to candidate nanolithography techniques. Structures of 11- to 14-nm Si nanodots are formed with normal incidence low-energy Ar...

Film Formation and Surface Tension Studies Of Powder Coatings

In industrial use of paint systems a swift processing is crucial. Another very important issue is to improve the quality of the final coating. This report investigates the film formation process of powder coatings, specially the spreading of individual powder particles. The obtained results can be used to understand and control the film formation process. In this way the desired levelling can b...

The Formation of Thin Film Resistors by Ion Implantation of Metal Films

Effects of unique ion chemistry on thin-film growth by plasma-surface interactions.

Plasma processing is a standard industrial method for the modification of material surfaces and the deposition of thin films. Polyatomic ions and neutrals larger than a triatomic play a critical role in plasma-induced surface chemistry, especially in the deposition of polymeric films from fluorocarbon plasmas. In this paper, low energy CF3+ and C3F5+ ions are used to modify a polystyrene surfac...

Real-time optical characterization of surface acoustic modes of polyimide thin-film coatings

Characterization of acoustic and thermal properties of thin ( 1 pm) polymeric films either free standing or used as’ coatings is -of great technological importance for the polymer, microelectronics, and biomedical industries. The ideal method for doing this would be noninvasive and would be applicable to films in their ha1 configurations or during fabrication and curing. A rapid, noninvasive ch...