Predicting the lifetime of an electric ion thruster is notoriously difficult. You have to account for the chamber wall ...

Vol. 362, No. 1814, Sputtering: Past, Present and Future. W. R. Grove 150th Anniversary Issue (Jan. 15, 2004), pp. 5-28 (24 pages) Measurement of the velocity distribution of sputtered atoms has ...

Illustration of the Hall Thruster plumes impacting the carbon surfaces at the atomistic level. CREDIT Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Electric space ...

Thin film technology focuses on the deposition and analysis of functional material layers on a substrate. These layers are essential building blocks in modern devices, like the microchips found in ...

Thin films play a crucial role in the fabrication of several components and devices, such as protective coatings, integrated circuits, solar cells, and optical ...