Transparent conductors (TCs) have a multitude of applications for solar energy utilization
and for energy savings, especially in buildings. The largest of these applications, in terms of …

Solid-state light sources are in the process of profoundly changing the way humans
generate light for general lighting applications. Solid-state light sources possess two highly …

Sculptured thin films with three dimensional microstructure controlled on the 10 nm scale
were fabricated with an evaporation technique. Glancing angle deposition (GLAD) and …

Tuning the optical,, electromagnetic, and mechanical properties of a material requires
simultaneous control over its composition and shape. This is particularly challenging for …

When a thin film is deposited by physical vapor deposition, with the vapor flux arriving at an
oblique angle from the substrate normal, and under conditions of sufficiently limited adatom …

Sculptured thin films (STFs) are a class of nanoengineered materials with properties that can
be designed and realized in a controllable manner using physical vapor deposition. This text …

The adsorption of N 2 was used to investigate the porosity/morphology of thin films of
amorphous solid water. Molecular beams were used to vapor deposit amorphous solid …

Control over the orientational order of liquid crystals (LCs) is critical to optical switching and
display applications. Porous polymer networks have been used to influence the orientation …

We deposited graded-index SiO_2 films using glancing angle deposition to produce high-
transmission antireflection coatings on glass. Because of the accurate control over the thin …

Three-dimensional nanostructures can be fabricated by the glancing angle deposition
technique. By rotating the substrate in both polar and azimuthal directions, one can fabricate …