Showing papers in "Thin Solid Films in 1981"

TL;DR: In this paper, the mechanism of formation of plasma-sprayed coatings was examined and related to the microstructure produced, and it was shown that the real area of contact between individual lamellae within the coating and between lamella and substrate is much less than the apparent area because of adsorbed and entrapped gas, oxide films or other contamination.

TL;DR: In this article, the electromigration resistance of Al-0.5%Cu meander lines was found to increase with increasing grain size s and degree of {111} preferred orientation and with decreasing spread σ in the grain size distribution.

TL;DR: In this paper, the optical and physical properties of various single films and multilayer systems are described and their history, the dip-coating procedure and especially the chemical processes are described.

TL;DR: In this article, the dependence of the deposition rates on the deposition parameters is presented and a hysteresis phenomenon is described, showing that the layers can be made soft for low bias voltages and high ethylene pressures and very hard for the remaining parameter space.

TL;DR: In this paper, the free electron densities of up to 1021 cm−3 and mobilities in the range 10−70 cm2 V−1s−1 can be obtained by means of an appropriate doping and/or oxygen deficit.

TL;DR: In this article, a sliding friction test run at a normal load of 63.4 kgf and a speed representing 800 load applications per minute was performed on sputtered MoS2 films.

TL;DR: The Pyrosol process, based on the pyrolysis of an aerosol produced by ultrasonic spraying, is a method of choice for depositing thin coatings on glass as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: The synthesis of TiN by physical vapour deposition at temperatures below 500°C allows high speed steel to be coated after the final machining operation as mentioned in this paper, which can be used for watch cases and wrist bracelets where its abrasion resistance is far better than that of the standard 20 μm gold plaque.

TL;DR: In this paper, the basic physical, electrical and optical properties of thin films of doped indium oxide (In2O3) or of tin oxide (SnO2) are reviewed in relation to the dopant concentrations and stoichiometric deviations.

TL;DR: In this article, an analysis is presented of published sets of pure element sputtering yields with the objective of predicting data for elements for which measurements are not available, and it is shown that these data sets each correlate with Sigmund's target dependence predictions with a scatter of 20%.

TL;DR: In this paper, the currentvoltage characteristics of metal/Se-Point contact structures (M/SeP) with electrodes of different metals (aluminium, gold, chromium, copper, silver and tungsten) were studied systematically.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors attempted to optimize the transmission and resistivity of thin films 10 cm × 10 cm in area, and the design of the system used is such that it is possible to control all the parameters affecting the formation of these layers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review the chemical, mechanical and thermal properties of polyimides and highlight the importance of adhesion to the substrate in order to retard the metal lead corrosion that occurs at high temperatures and under conditions of moisture.

TL;DR: In this article, the average internal stress measured by the cantilever method was 5 x 108N m−2 compression, and the dependence of the size of the wrinkles on the film thickness was deduced and compared with experimental results.

TL;DR: In this article, the low temperature chemical vapour deposition (CVD) of TiC, TiN and TiCxN1−x in the presence of a d.c. plasma is described.

TL;DR: A commercially available scratch tester was used to study the response of test samples of a cold work steel, coated with TiC or TiN by chemical vapour deposition, to the scratch test as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this paper, room temperature interdiffusion studies of Au/Sn thin film couples were made using transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and Rutherford backscattering techniques.

TL;DR: In this article, the variations in the structure and optical properties of TiO2 films produced by reactive d.c. plasmatron sputtering with the most important deposition parameters are investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, a pyrolytic hydrogen reduction of MoO2Cl2 in the temperature range 550-710°C on both quartz and metal substrates is described.

TL;DR: In this paper, a set of simple procedures for studying the growth modes of vacuum-deposited ultrathin films were proposed. But the assumptions made in these procedures are not carefully considered: (i) possible changes in the sticking probability at certain coverages; (ii) dissolution of the deposited material; (iii) anomalous variations in the parameters describing the emission and attenuation of the Auger electrons (possibly due to diffraction); (iv) the possibility of growth modes in which multiple layers form simultaneously (the n th layer starting before the ( n − 1

TL;DR: The density or porosity of these coatings is largely dictated by the structure of the colloidal species in the dispersion as discussed by the authors, which can be provided for protective applications such as corrosion resistance, whereas porous coatings of high specific surface area find applications in catalysis.

TL;DR: In this article, the possibility of determining transport parameters for the electrical conductivity from its dependence on the film thickness (size effect) is discussed, and the experimental curves have to be fitted for very small film thickness to permit a separation of these parameters.

TL;DR: In this paper, a theoretical analysis of the deformation of foils in the biaxial bulge test was made and the relationship between stress and strain on the one hand and the pressure and height of the bulge on the other hand was established as a function of the Poisson's ratio and the crystal symmetry.

TL;DR: In this article, the friction and wear behavior of a number of refractory coatings, such as TiC, TiN, SiC, Cr7C3, FexB and Al2O3, under different environmental conditions are discussed.

TL;DR: In this article, the incremental compressive stress in polycrystalline TiC films with thickness between 0.1 and 2.8 microm were found to be in a state of compression.

TL;DR: In this article, a model of the scratch test is developed which incorporates the effects of friction in the analysis and provides an explanation for the scanning electron microscopy observations, which has a history of successful use in investigations of adhesion and of aging effects in adhesion.

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of the additional selenium on the properties of the films were investigated by structural investigations and photoconductivity measurements, and it was found from the results of the present measurements that compositional changes occur in the films with increasing Selenium/InSe ratio and that single-phase films containing only InSe are obtained at a certain critical ratio.

TL;DR: In this article, chemical vapor deposition (CVD) was used for the preparation of ZrB2 and TiB2 for photothermal solar absorber applications using CVD techniques.

TL;DR: Hard i-C films are produced by ionizing a hydrocarbon compound, which is possibly dissociated and accelerated in an electric field towards the substrate where the film is grown as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors extend the previous study to include TiN coated onto three types of steel by reactive ion plating and show that the loadbearing capacity varies with the coating thickness for a given steel substrate.