Processing at the atomic scale is becoming increasingly critical for state-of-the-art electronic
devices for computing and data storage, but also for emerging technologies such as related …

Flexible, wearable electronics are the future of electronics. Although organic photovoltaic
devices have the advantages of high efficiency, low cost, and flexibility, they face the …

Atomic layer deposited (ALD) high-dielectric-constant (high-k) materials have found
extensive applications in a variety of electronic, optical, optoelectronic, and photovoltaic …

This article discusses key elementary surface-reaction processes in state-of-the-art plasma
etching and deposition relevant to nanoelectronic device fabrication and presents a concise …

Antireflection (AR) coatings are indispensable in numerous optical applications and are
increasingly demanded on highly curved optical components. In this work, optical thin films …

Hydrogels with adaptable optical and mechanical characteristics show considerable
promise for light delivery in vivo with neuroengineering applications. However, the unlinked …

Oxide thin-film transistors (TFTs) should be manufactured with high mobility and stability
based on a self-aligned top-gate structure to drive high-end displays. In this study, the effect …

We have investigated the suitability of atomic layer deposition (ALD) for SiO_2 optical
coatings and applied it to broadband antireflective multilayers in combination with HfO_2 as …

Exciting concepts are under development for flagship, probe class, explorer class, and
suborbital class NASA missions in the ultraviolet/optical spectral range. These missions will …

This work develops a first-principles-based three-dimensional, multiscale computational
fluid dynamics (CFD) model, together with reactor geometry optimizations, of SiO 2 thin-film …