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Overview of thin film deposition techniques

  • Olayinka Oluwatosin Abegunde 1 , 
  • Esther Titilayo Akinlabi 1 , 
  • Oluseyi Philip Oladijo 1,2 ,  ,  , 
  • Stephen Akinlabi 1 , 
  • Albert Uchenna Ude 2
  • 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
  • 2. Department of Chemical, Material and Metallurgical Engineering, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye, Botswana
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Citation: Olayinka Oluwatosin Abegunde, Esther Titilayo Akinlabi, Oluseyi Philip Oladijo, Stephen Akinlabi, Albert Uchenna Ude. Overview of thin film deposition techniques[J]. AIMS Materials Science, 2019, 6(2): 174-199. doi: 10.3934/matersci.2019.2.174

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  • Thin-film flows are ubiquitous in nature and industry, and this thesis considersthree different thin-film flow problems that are inspired by and relevant to a number of real-world situations. Firstly, we consider the steady and unsteady coating flow of a thin film of viscous fluid on the outside of a uniformly rotating horizontal circular cylinder in the presence of an irrotational airflow with circulation. In particular, it is shown that steady full-film solutions corresponding to a thin film of fluid that covers the entire cylinder are possible only when the flux and mass of the fluid do not exceed critical values, which are determined in terms of the speed of the far-field airflow and the circulation of the airflow. Furthermore, a long-time analysis shows that unsteady full-film solutions are unconditionally stable. Secondly, we consider the squeeze-film flow of a thin film of fluid in the gap between an impermeable disk and an open-base porous bed, subject to a constant load. In particular, we determine the finite time required for the impermeable disk and the porous bed to contact, and the behaviour of the particle paths and penetration depths of the fluid within the porous bed. These are described in terms of the permeability and porosity of the porous bed and the slip length at the interface between the fluid and porous bed. In particular, in the asymptotic limits of small and large permeability, the contact time, particle paths, and penetration depths exhibit qualitatively different behaviour. Finally, we consider the steady flow of a thin rivulet of evaporating fluid down an inclined substrate. In particular, for three different models of evaporation, we analyse the variation of the length, width and contact angle of the rivulet as theparameters appearing in the problem vary, such as the input flux of the rivulet, the angle of inclination of the substrate, and the parameters of the relevant model of evaporation. In particular, it is shown that, rather surprisingly, the length of the rivulet only depends weakly on the mode of evaporation.
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Synthesis of air-stable 1t crs2 thin films and their application in high-performance floating-gate memory.

Two-dimensional van der Waals materials, with atomic-level thickness and unique electronic structures, have tremendous potential in electronic device applications, making them highly desirable for research in high-performance non-volatile memory. Here, we report a method for the van der Waals epitaxial growth of air-stable and uniformly distributed thin films of 1T CrS2 single crystal, based on a simple chemical vapor deposition technique using a binary metal precursor co-reaction growth mechanism controlled by the evaporation rate of the precursor. The corresponding 1T CrS2 electronic devices can maintain their electrical performance without degradation for up to one month in air. Based on this, we have constructed a floating-gate memory device with a full van der Waals heterostructure, exhibiting a large storage window ratio (approximately 79%), a high on/off ratio (107), and stability for over 1000 cycles. The device demonstrates excellent multi-level data storage stability and can be optically programmed with stable operation using 532nm laser pulses, showcasing outstanding optoelectronic storage performance. The excellent electrical stability of these two-dimensional materials, the non-volatile nature of the devices, and the stable multi-level storage characteristics present enormous potential for the integration of high-performance non-volatile memory.

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  2. Looking For Something [Thesis Film]

  3. Investigation of Optical Properties of Thin Films by Means of UV-visible Spectrophotometer: A Review

  4. Film Thesis: Dos and Don'ts

  5. The Upholder

  6. INTERFERENCE IN THIN FILM

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  1. (PDF) Thin Films/Properties and Applications

    thin films in the solar sector, thin film transistor industry among others [37, 38]. Phy sical properties such as hardness and Y oung' s modulus are usually chara cter- ized drawin g on the nan ...

  2. PDF Thin Film Synthesis and Characterization of New MAX Phase Alloys

    This Licenciate Thesis is a part of my Ph.D. studies in the Thin Film Physics Group at the Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM) at Linköping University. The aim of my research is to synthesize and characterize MAX phases with novel properties. The work has been performed in cooperation with RWTH Aachen University (Germany),

  3. PDF Growth and Characterization of Nickel Oxide Thin Films and

    film and nanostructure growth. Importantly, for the thin film growth, chemical bath deposition (CBD) with various post-deposition annealing temperatures used to was grow porous thin films with different composition and degree of crystallinity; while sputtering with substrate heating used to deposit thin filmwass with excellent quality and

  4. PDF Wafer-scale fabrication and characterisation of SiN thin films for

    contribute to the optimization of thin film deposition processes and the enhancement of device performance in cryoelectronic applications. 1.2 Objectives and scope There are four objectives in this thesis. 1.Characterization of thin SiN films from a standard process: The primary objective is

  5. PDF Mechanical and Optical Properties of Nanostructured Thin Films

    materials could not achieve. This chapter will discuss the thin film deposition technology and applications. 1.1 Thin Film Deposition Technology Basically, thin film deposition can be realized by physical vapor deposition (PVD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) methods. It is easy to distinguish PVD from CVD

  6. (PDF) Thin Film, Its synthesis and Applications

    PDF | On May 19, 2020, Vidit Pandey and others published Thin Film, Its synthesis and Applications | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate ... Thesis (M.S.)--Southwest ...

  7. PDF Synthesis & Characterization of PCT (76/24) Thin Films

    The surface morphology of the annealed thin films was studied by SEM which showed dense and homogeneous packing of grain with grain size ~1.25µm. Temperature and frequency dependence of dielectric behavior of PCT thin films have been studied. Thickness of the PCT thin film was measured and found to be ~100nm.

  8. PDF Transfer Printing Methods for Fabricating Thin-film Electronics on

    thin-film solar cells in addition to silicon nanowire based thin-film resistors, diodes and transistors as model systems. The transfer yield is improved to 100%, and the transferred ... My thesis work benefits from the numerous help of my incredibly talented colleagues. I thank my fellow labmates in Zheng's Group: Dr. In-Sun Cho, Dr. Dong-Rip ...

  9. Towards Scalable Electro-Optic Systems in Thin Film Lithium Niobate

    Abstract. Thin-film lithium niobate integrated photonics is a compelling platform for highly integrated electro-optic systems. The platform features compact, high-bandwidth phase modulators which can operate at CMOS compatible voltages, together with low optical loss, enabling photonic systems with large numbers of cascaded modulating elements.

  10. PDF Thin Film Energy Devices

    MTS devices can be used as thin film energy harvesters in chip-based IoT sensors. The second section of this thesis focuses on the mechanisms of cyclic lithiation and delithiation of RuO2. RuO2 is a candidate cathode material for next-generation thin film lithium ion batteries (TF-LIBs), due to its relatively large capacity (~5x LiCoO2) and its

  11. (PDF) Thin films- definition, deposition techniques, and applications

    The thin film deposition process is a fundamental step in many applications, which refers to applying a thin layer of any substance on a surface, whether a substrate or already deposited layers ...

  12. PDF Microwave Performance of Thin-film Technologies on Ltcc Andrew Fund B.s

    MICROWAVE PERFORMANCE OF THIN-FILM TECHNOLOGIES ON LTCC by ANDREW FUND B.S., Kansas State University 2005 A THESIS submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree MASTER OF SCIENCE Department of Electrical Engineering College of Engineering KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY

  13. PDF Interface Formation and Thin Film Deposition for Molecular and Organic

    in the monolayer regime, and both the kinetics of thin film deposition and the microstructure in the multilayer regime, evidenced by results from ellipsometry and atomic force microscopy (AFM). Promising performance characteristics have been obtained for organic thin film transistors (OTFTs) fabricated from

  14. PDF Coupled-resonators on thin-film lithium niobate: Photonic multi-level

    Hu, Yaowen. 2023. Coupled-resonators on thin-film lithium niobate: Photonic multi-level system with electro-optic transition. Doctoral dissertation, Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. ... In this thesis, we will discuss our implementation of photonic coupler-resonator . iv devices on thin -film lithium niobate. We ...

  15. PDF Faculty of Applied Sciences Department of Physics

    The thesis includes the results obtained during my Ph.D. study at the Department of Physics and NTIS, European Centre of Excellence, University of West Bohemia, since January 2013. This research was financially supported by the projects SGS‒2013‒045 (2013‒2015): New thin-film

  16. [PDF] Thin Film Solar Cells: Fabrication, Characterization and

    Thin film solar cells are a promising approach for terrestrial and space photovoltaics and offer a wide variety of choices in terms of the device design and fabrication, but it would surely be determined by the simplicity of manufacturability and the cost per reliable watt. Expand. 1,070. PDF.

  17. PDF Benchmarking Organic Thin Film Transistors and the Selective Wavelength

    electronics. Thin film transistors (TFTs) are often viewed as a building block for more complex electronic device, however, lack of proper characterization of these devices using these novel carbon-based materials is preventing their large-scale adoption. This thesis has two sections; in the first section I explored and improved a novel electrical

  18. PDF Thickness Analysis of Thin Films by Energy Dispersive X-ray ...

    ess measurement is nearly the resolution limit of the microscope system. For optical microscopes, it is 400nm and for scanning electron microscopes, 2 nm and tra. ission electron microscopes (TEM), the resolution limit is below 1 nm. 4 In this work we have developed an alternative method for thin fil. thickness measurement using Energy ...

  19. PDF Thesis High Efficiency Thermoelectric Devices Fabricated

    promise is thin-film superlattices, where each n-type and p-type film is composed of hundreds of thin alternating layers of two materials. In this work, we investigate n-type films composed of alternating silicon (Si) and silicon-carbide (SiC), and p-type films composed of alternating layers of two types of boron-carbide, B 4 C and B 9 C.

  20. PDF Thin Film Growth and Evolution

    Steps of Thin Film Growth. Absorption (physisorption) Surface diffusion. Chemical bond formation (chemisorption) Molecule-molecule. Substrate-molecule 2 3 4 6 1 5. Nucleation. Microstructure formation. Crystal structure.

  21. Overview of thin film deposition techniques

    Pretorius R, Marais T, Theron C (1993) Thin film compound phase formation sequence: An effective heat of formation model. Mater Sci Rep 10: 1-83. doi: 10.1016/0920-2307(93)90003-W [23] Alami J (2005) Plasma Characterization Thin Film Growth and Analysis in Highly Ionized Magnetron Sputtering [PhD thesis]. Linköping University.

  22. Thesis

    Abstract. Thin-film flows are ubiquitous in nature and industry, and this thesis considersthree different thin-film flow problems that are inspired by and relevant to a number of real-world situations. Firstly, we consider the steady and unsteady coating flow of a thin film of viscous fluid on the outside of a uniformly rotating horizontal ...

  23. (PDF) Thin Film Thermoelectric Materials: Classification

    Here, a general classification for thin film thermoelectric materials varied by material compositions, and thermoelectric properties depended on different measurement technique.

  24. Synthesis of Air-Stable 1T CrS2 Thin Films and Their Application in

    Here, we report a method for the van der Waals epitaxial growth of air-stable and uniformly distributed thin films of 1T CrS2 single crystal, based on a simple chemical vapor deposition technique using a binary metal precursor co-reaction growth mechanism controlled by the evaporation rate of the precursor.