Chromium Nitride (CrN) coatings have widespread utilization across numerous industrial
applications, primarily attributed to their excellent properties. Among the different methods …

High entropy alloys (HEAs) are an emerging class of engineering materials with excellent
mechanical, thermal, chemical and electrical properties due to constituent alloying elements …

Sputter deposition of atoms onto liquid substrates aims at producing colloidal dispersions of
small monodisperse ultrapure nanoparticles (NPs). Since sputtering onto liquids combines …

Indium tin oxide (ITO) is widely used in a variety of optoelectronic devices, occupying a huge
market share of $1.7 billion. However, traditional preparation methods such as magnetron …

Metallized surfaces, structures are of demand by many industries, however, with the demand
for materials with improved properties, cost effectiveness polymers have gained exponential …

Titanium-based thin films are synthesized by the magnetron sputtering of a titanium target in
pure argon or in a mixture of argon and oxygen (reactive regime) in three experimental …

This article describes hot Cr target magnetron sputtering enhanced by a radio-frequency
inductively coupled plasma (RF-ICP) source in an Ar+ N 2 atmosphere. Optical emission …

Numerous studies have been published in the past showing the presence of vein-like or
columnar fracture shapes in thin film metallic glasses (TFMGs), while the reason behind the …

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) show poor mechanical properties and weak
corrosion and oxidation resistance in ambient atmosphere, which results in the limit …

Of prime prominence in modification of growing films in magnetron sputtering is the energy
of arriving species onto the substrate; however, the effect of discharge voltage on such an …