60 years of DLC coatings: historical highlights and technical review of cathodic arc processes to synthesize various DLC types, and their evolution for industrial …

J Vetter - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2014 - Elsevier
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films deposited by cathodic vacuum arc evaporation (CVAE)
have attracted worldwide interest from research groups and industry since the beginning of …

A review: wafer bonding of Si-based semiconductors

S Ke, D Li, S Chen - Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Wafer bonding techniques, which are very different from epitaxial growth techniques, can be
used not only for the fabrication of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), silicon on …

Thermal expansion coefficient of hydrogenated amorphous carbon

FC Marques, RG Lacerda, A Champi, V Stolojan… - Applied Physics …, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
The coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of hydrogenated amorphous carbon (aC: H) was
investigated as a function of the concentration of sp 2 hybridization. The CTE, determined …

Young's modulus measurements and grain boundary sliding in free-standing thin metal films

AJ Kalkman, AH Verbruggen, G Janssen - Applied Physics Letters, 2001 - pubs.aip.org
Young's modulus of free-standing polycrystalline Al, Au, and W films with submicron
thickness has been studied using a dynamic bulge-testing technique. For Au and Al films a …

Self‐folding metal origami

N Lazarus, GL Smith, MD Dickey - Advanced Intelligent …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Origami‐based techniques for creating 3D shapes from 2D patterns via folding have moved
from the domain of art to practical engineering. Flat sheets are an appealing starting material …

Simultaneous measurement of Young's modulus, Poisson ratio, and coefficient of thermal expansion of thin films on substrates

JH Zhao, Y Du, M Morgen, PS Ho - Journal of Applied Physics, 2000 - pubs.aip.org
A method of measuring the Yong's modulus, Poisson ratio, and coefficient of thermal
expansion (CTE) is presented. The method uses a wafer curvature technique to measure …

Crystal structure and piezoelectric properties of lead-free epitaxial (K, Na) NbO3 thin films grown on Si substrates

K Tanaka, Y Kawata, SH Kweon, G Tan… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Epitaxial growth of lead-free (K, Na) NbO 3 (KNN) thin films on (001) SrRuO 3/Pt/ZrO 2/Si
substrates was achieved by using RF magnetron sputtering. X-ray diffraction measurements …

Diamond like carbon used as antireflective coating on crystalline silicon solar cells

MH Oliveira Jr, DS Silva, ADS Côrtes… - Diamond and related …, 2009 - Elsevier
Amorphous carbon with different structures was used as antireflective coating on crystalline
silicon solar cells. Polymeric-like carbon (PLC) and diamond-like carbon (DLC) were …

Physical and micro-nano-structure properties of chromium nitride coating deposited by RF sputtering using dynamic glancing angle deposition

MJM Jimenez, V Antunes, S Cucatti, A Riul Jr… - Surface and coatings …, 2019 - Elsevier
The CrN films were grown by rf-magnetron sputtering using a dynamic glancing angle
deposition technique. In this technique, the substrate oscillates in front of the sputtering …

Out-of-Plane Thermal Expansion Coefficient and Biaxial Young's Modulus of Sputtered ITO Thin Films

CL Tien, TW Lin - Coatings, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper proposes a measuring apparatus and method for simultaneous determination of
the thermal expansion coefficient and biaxial Young's modulus of indium tin oxide (ITO) thin …