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 …

A review of the current understanding of the effect of interfaces on the intrinsic stresses in
polycrystalline thin films is given. Special attention is paid to the measurement, modeling …

Glass is a material with essentially unlimited application possibilities. This second edition of
a comprehensive reference in glass science, points out the correlation between the …

Nitride-based coatings are nowadays widely studied both from fundamental and
technological point of views due to their unique physical and mechanical properties. Among …

By illustrating a wide range of specific applications in all major industries, this work
broadens the coverage of X-ray diffraction beyond basic tenets, research and academic …

The internal stress and microstructure in nanomultilayers strongly affect their reliability and
performance, especially towards higher service temperatures. The initial stress and …

The microstructure of hot dip galvanized zinc coatings on dual phase steel was investigated
by electron microscopy and the coating adhesion characterized by tensile testing. The zinc …

In this work we have analyzed the doping, passivation and contact properties of boron-
doped (p+) polysilicon (poly-Si) layers to understand the two key limiting factors for industrial …

My 12-year-old granddaughter Nina Alesi once asked me," Grandpa, you are a scientist at
IBM, so what do you do?" I tried to reply," Oh, I watch atoms move..." But before I could finish …

Thin film microstructure and its properties can be effectively altered with post deposition heat
treatments. In this respect, CdTe thin films were deposited on glass substrates at a substrate …