Pulsed Laser Deposition Processes and Applications
A special issue of Journal of Manufacturing and Materials Processing (ISSN 2504-4494).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2022) | Viewed by 202
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growth and characterization of metallic thin films have been extensively investigated over the years. The potential application of such films can be found in several research fields and in many modern technologies. The desired characteristics and the physical properties of metallic thin films depend on the experimental conditions of the specific technique used for film growth.
In this Special Issue, we invite the research community to submit contributions on the growth of polycrystalline metallic thin films with the use of different deposition techniques, such as thermal evaporation, sputtering, pulsed laser ablation, chemical vapor deposition, and so on.
The keywords listed below summarize some of the potential topics of this Special Issue:
- Property characterization of polycrystalline films (morphology, structure, tribology, etc.);
- Growth dynamics of thin films, including theoretical models of film growth;
- Applications of polycrystalline metallic thin films;
- Advances in development of new polycrystalline metallic films.
Dr. Antonella Lorusso
Guest Editor
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