Physical Techniques for Thin Films Deposition and Surface Treatment: Preparation, Characterization and Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2020) | Viewed by 151
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We kindly welcome you to submit your research to the Special Issue “Physical Techniques for Thin Film Deposition and Surface Treatment: Preparation, Characterization, and Applications”. Physical deposition and surface treatment techniques gained momentum with the advent of miniaturization in the electronics industry, in the form of tools for industrial production and research in the field of materials science. After more than five decades, thin film deposition techniques and surface treatment techniques continue to play a fundamental role in the progress of science and technology. It is well known that materials at a nano-scale behave differently than in their bulk form. Thus, the ever-increasing miniaturization of electronic components creates a strong demand for new materials with suitable properties and functionalities, in the form of thin layers – from a few atomic layers, to hundreds of nanometers.
This Special Issue focuses on topics related to laser-based deposition techniques, plasma technology for materials deposition and surface treatment, biomaterials deposited by physical techniques, surface patterning by laser techniques, surface analysis methods by probe microscopy, and electron microscopy.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following:
- Pulsed laser deposition
- Laser treatment and patterning
- Plasma technology for thin films deposition
- Biomaterials
- Scanning probe microscopy
- Electron microscopy
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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