Thin dye layers – vacuum deposition and structure

Electrochemical deposition of thin magnetic layers

Magnetic layers and layered structures with defined physical properties are of high interest for magnetoelectronic and magnetoelectromechanical applications as well as for magnetic data storage. New deposition technologies become more important in industrial branches for magnetic applications. Electrochemical deposition methods are favoured due to their low costs compared to physical deposition...

Breakthrough to Non-Vacuum Deposition of Single-Crystal, Ultra-Thin, Homogeneous Nanoparticle Layers: A Better Alternative to Chemical Bath Deposition and Atomic Layer Deposition

Most thin-film techniques require a multiple vacuum process, and cannot produce high-coverage continuous thin films with the thickness of a few nanometers on rough surfaces. We present a new "paradigm shift" non-vacuum process to deposit high-quality, ultra-thin, single-crystal layers of coalesced sulfide nanoparticles (NPs) with controllable thickness down to a few nanometers, based on thermal...

Ultrahigh vacuum glancing angle deposition system for thin films with controlled three-dimensional nanoscale structure

An ultrahigh vacuum apparatus for the deposition of thin films with controlled three-dimensional nanometer-scale structure is described. Our system allows an alternate, faster, cheaper way of obtaining nanoscale structured thin films when compared to traditional procedures of patterning and etching. It also allows creation of porous structures that are unattainable with known techniques. The un...

Energetic Deposition of Niobium Thin Film in Vacuum

(Abstract) Niobium thin films are expected to be free of solid inclusions commonly seen in solid niobium. For particle accelerators, niobium thin film has the potential to replace the solid niobium in the making of the accelerating structures. In order to understand and improve the superconducting performance of niobium thin films at cryogenic temperature, an energetic vacuum deposition system ...

Ultraviolet laser deposition of graphene thin films without catalytic layers