This review summarizes the more-than-25-years of development of the so-called thermionic
vacuum arc (TVA). TVA is an anodic arc discharge in vapors of the material to be deposited; …

The thermionic vacuum discharge method is very effective in that the films obtained using
this technology are characterised by a very high degree of adhesion, density and purity …

Abstract Magnetoresistive Fe–Co based thin film structures were produced using thermionic
vacuum arc method. The purpose of this work was to obtain significant magnetic response …

This paper is focused on the characterization of the CW films with different concentration of
W by Thermionic Vacuum Arc technology. The microhardness of C–W films as well as the …

Co-MgO granular films presenting TMR effects were prepared by thermo-ionic vacuum arc
(TVA) method with the simultaneous ignition of plasma in Co and MgO vapors, respectively …

Copper/Cobalt/Copper/Iron thin films were synthesized in order to obtain nanostructured
materials with special magnetoresistive properties. The multilayer films were deposited on …

High interest is shown lately for magnetoresistive structures and used in the magnetic
memory technology. An improvement to the memory devices is crucial due to the market …

Nanostructured magnetoresistive systems based on ferromagnetic materials have been the
subject of intensive study due to their relevance both in fundamental physics and in …