TY - BOOK ID - 136562055 TI - Current Research in Thin Film Deposition : Applications, Theory, Processing, and Characterisation PY - 2021 PB - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute DB - UniCat KW - PECVD KW - plasma diagnostics KW - nc-Si:H KW - RF-PECVD KW - Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) KW - quadruple mass spectrometry (QMS) KW - optical emission spectroscopy (OES) KW - X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD) KW - micro hollow glass spheres (MHGS) KW - solid micro glass spheres (SMGS) KW - liquid phase deposition (LPD) KW - aluminum coating KW - β-Ga2O3 KW - MOCVD KW - VI/III ratio KW - scandium stabilized zirconia thin films KW - e-beam physical vapor deposition KW - thin films ceramics KW - Raman spectroscopy KW - X-ray diffraction KW - initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD) KW - superhydrophobic KW - fluoropolymer KW - thin film KW - atomic layer deposition KW - nanomechanics KW - Young’s modulus KW - shear modulus KW - resonant frequency KW - Q-factor KW - microcantilevers KW - internal stress KW - nickel–chromium KW - thin film thermocouples KW - physical vapor deposition KW - flat film extrusion KW - foil quality KW - MgF2 KW - color center absorption KW - density KW - crystal frequency KW - stress KW - adhesion KW - polarization controlling KW - dual functional-metalens KW - focusing KW - splitting KW - PVD coatings KW - nanoindentation KW - brittle cracking KW - fracture toughness KW - diamond coatings KW - residual stresses KW - interfacial fatigue strength KW - annealing KW - milling KW - n/a KW - Young's modulus KW - nickel-chromium UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136562055 AB - Today, thin films are near-ubiquitous and are utilised in a very wide range of industrially and scientifically important areas. These include familiar everyday instances such as anti-reflective coatings on ophthalmic lenses, smartphone optics, photovoltaics, decorative, and tool coatings. A range of somewhat more exotic applications also exists, such as astronomical instrumentation (e.g., ultra-low loss dielectric mirrors and beam splitters in gravitational wave detectors, such as laser interferometer gravitational-wave observatory (LIGO)), gas sensing, medical devices and implants, and accelerator coatings (e.g., coatings for the large hadron collider (LHC), and compact linear collider (CLIC) experiments at European organization for nuclear research (CERN)). This Special Issue will provide a platform for researchers working in any area within this highly diverse field to share and exchange their latest research findings. The Special Issue contains novel studies encompassing material characterisation techniques, a range of thin-film coating deposition processes and applications of such technology. ER -