The issue of stress in thin films and functional coatings is a persistent problem in materials
science and technology that has congregated many efforts, both from experimental and …

Residual stress is a long-standing issue in thin film growth. Better understanding and control
of film stress would lead to enhanced performance and reduced failures. In this work, we …

All present commercial colors are based on pigments. While such traditional pigment-based
colorants offer a commercial platform for large-volume and angle insensitiveness, they are …

We present a model for compressive stress generation during thin film growth in which the
driving force is an increase in the surface chemical potential caused by the deposition of …

The density of the amorphous phase of metals is generally thought to be related to glass
formation, but this correlation has not been demonstrated experimentally to date. In this …

Conceptual hardware architecture of skin-like circuits is described. An elastomeric skin
carries rigid islands on which active subcircuits are made. The subcircuit islands are …

As-deposited thin films grown by vapor deposition often exhibit large intrinsic stresses that
can lead to film failure. While this is an “old” materials problem, our understanding has only …

Excess PbI 2 can improve the efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PSCs). However, it usually
leads to poor cell stability due to the chemically active nature of PbI 2. Improving the stability …

Copper oxide is used as a catalyst or catalyst precursor in chemical reactions that involve
hydrogen as a reactant or a product. Controlled reduction and therefore known reduction …

Polycrystalline thin films on substrates usually are in a “stressed” state. In the present paper,
recent results on stress in polycrystalline films will be reviewed. For Cr and CrN films, it has …