Design and Fabrication of Functional Thin Films
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Inorganic Crystalline Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (8 February 2024) | Viewed by 992
Special Issue Editors
Interests: plasma surface engineering; plasma diagnostics; surface engineering of functional materials; structure design of thin films; failure behavior and mechanism analysis of coating materials
Interests: plasma surface modification; HiPIMS; cathode arc ion plating; ion implantation; PIC/MC numerical simulation; high-entropy alloy coating; DLC films; hard films; grain boundary diffusion
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Functional thin films are of great interest due to their exploitation in many advanced areas: energy storage and conversion, machinery manufacturing, environmental protection, healthcare, sensors and actuators, modern electronics, photonics, wearable electronics, etc. In particular, as a new type of high-tech material with high development and utilization rate, crystal thin films have important research and application value.
This Special Issue aims to present a collection of articles describing recent advances in crystalline functional thin film manufacturing technology. We are particularly interested in papers focused on surfaces, coatings, and freestanding architectures with specific surface functionalities. The content encompasses materials growth and structure; fundamentals of operation; design of novel materials; production, processing, and integration into products and devices; and characterization of advanced functionality and sustainable development for a range of applications. Additional topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
- Optical materials and thin films;
- Thin films for electronic devices;
- Thin films for energy storage and conversion;
- Photo- and electrochemically active surfaces;
- Hard coatings for industrial use;
- Heat-resistant films;
- Anti-corrosion films;
- Protective and tribological films;
- Biomedical films;
- Microstructure design and fabrication (multilayers, nanocomposite, and gradient films);
- Chemical, plasma, and hybrid deposition processes;
- Advanced methods for characterization of films.
Dr. Fangyuan Gao
Dr. Yi Xu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- composites and advanced functional thin films
- advanced deposition methods and processes
- characterization of coating properties
- modification of the plasma control process
- use of highly non-equilibrium plasma
- pulsed magnetron sputtering methods, e.g., HiPIMS
- thin, metastable films
- thin films with special structural features (nanostructures, composite films, etc.)
- thin films with special functional properties
