FEATURED ARTICLES

The features listed below for each issue are in addition to a regular monthly Thin Film column by Dr. Peter Martin, a regular monthly Vacuum column by Dr. Robert Langley and Luke Hinkle, and 2 regular monthly VTC Educational Guides by Peter Martin and Luke Hinkle. We also feature regular monthly columns on NanoTechnology, written by a team of experts, and headed up by Abhijit Biswas; our regular column/feature paper on Plasma Processing is written by Abe Belkind, a leading authority in the field. We also strive for regularly published articles on Solar Cells & Panels, Renewable Energy, Vacuum processing on Medical Devices and Materials, the Semiconductor and Compound Semiconductor industry, The Lighting Industry, Flat Panels and Displays, Optical Coatings, and more than twenty other markets in which Vacuum Coating and related processing are critical.

JANUARY 2010:

• Process Technology Tutorial: Surface Plasma Treatment of Polymers
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Mass Flow Meters and Controllers
• Obtaining Negative Index MetaMaterials Using Quantum States: Part II
• Cathodes-Neutralizers for Ion Sources: Part 1, Introduction, Hot Filaments
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Component Catalogs

DECEMBER 2009:

• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Grain Growth in Thin Films
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Calibration, Part 3: Practices and Pitfalls
• Process Technology Tutorial: Atmospheric Plasma Processes, The Hollow Cathode
• Obtaining Negative Index MetaMaterials Using Quantum States: Part I
• Dwindling Resources: A Molehill Out of a Mountain
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Gauges

NOVEMBER 2009:

• Process Technology Tutorial: Plasma Processing 2: Plasma Etching Process
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Calibration, Part 2: Practices and Pitfalls
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Structure of Thin Films: Columnar Films
• Industrial Gridless Broad Beam Ion Sources and The Need for Their Standardization: Part 4b: Hall-Current Ion Sources, Problems and Solutions
• Vacuum Product Showcase:Chillers/Cryogenics Systems and Heaters for Vacuum Processing Applications

OCTOBER 2009:

• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Calibration, Part 1: Practices and Pitfalls
• Process Technology Tutorial: Plasma Processing 1: Introduction
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Mechanical Testing of Thin Films: Tensile Strength
• Industrial Gridless Broad Beam Ion Sources and The Need For Their Standardization: Part 4a: Hall-Current Ion Sources, Problems and Solutions - Ion Sources
• Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) for Optical Coatings
• A Comparative Study Between Pulsed-DC and RF Plasma Pre-treatment of Polymer Web as Key Issue for Capacitor Design
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Structure of Thin Films
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Leak Detectors

SEPTEMBER 2009:

• Process Technology Tutorial: Electroplating and Electrodeposition Processes
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Leaks - The Hole Story, Part II: Detecting Small Leaks
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Electromigration
• Industrial Gridless Broad Beam Ion Sources and The Need for Their Standardization: Part 3b: Non-traditional Broad Beam Ion Sources
• Photovoltaic Cell Sample Evaluation on a Micro-Spot EDXRF
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Pump Equipment Supplier

AUGUST 2009:

• Process Technology Tutorial: Basic Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Heat Transfer in Vacuum Part II: Convection in Your System
• AVS - 55th Symposium Preview
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Information from Electrical Measurements
• Reflective High Energy Electron Diffraction (RHEED) - A Unique Tool for In-situ Growth Monitoring
• Procedures and Pitfalls in Measuring Surface Resistance in Deposited Films at Very Low and Very High Values
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Thin-Film Thickness, Flatness and Hardness Metrology Equipment Suppliers
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Pump Equipment Suppliers

JULY 2009:

• The Dark Side of Moore's Law
• New Flip Chip BGA with Low CTE Core Substrate
• Detecting Stroke Proteins Using Lab-on-Chip Systems
• A New TSV Technology for CMOS Image Sensor Packaging, Part One
• Precision Cleaning Under Flip Chips

JUNE 2009:

• Process Technology Tutorial: Jet Vapor Deposition
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: The Orifice (Not Just Another Hole) From Mass Flow to Shock Waves
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Mechanical Properties of Thin Films
• A Primer on Vacuum Pressure Measurement
• Film Adhesion Test Using High Pressure Water Jet
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Gas Handling Systems and Equipment Including Components, Control, Metrology and Analyzers
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Valves, Flanges and Fittings for Processes and Systems, Part One

MAY 2009:

• Process Technology Tutorial: Pulsed Laser Deposition
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Mixing it Up Part 2: Gas Delivery & Pressure Control in Process Vacuum Systems
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Atomic Diffusion in Solids: Basics
• Industrial Gridless Broad Beam Ion Sources and the Need for Their Standardization, Part 2: End-Hall-Current Ion Sources for Thin Film Technology
• Vacuum Produce Showcase: Electron-Beam Ion-Beam and Magnetron Deposition and Coating Systems

APRIL 2009:

• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Mixing it Up Part 1: Gas Delivery & Pressure Control in Process Vacuum Systems
• Process Technology Tutorial: Magnetron-Based Hybrid Deposition Processes
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Optical Constants
• The Potential of Photovoltaics
• Plasma Diagnostics Part 1: Electrical Probe Diagnostics Techniques
• Industrial Gridless Broad Beam Ion Sources and the Need for Their Standardization, Part 1
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Deposition Sources

MARCH 2009:

• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Reality of Virtual Leaks - Estimating the Impact for Practical Cases
• Thin-Film Barrier on Foil for Organic LED Lamps
• Ion Source and Vacuum Chamber, Influence of Various Effects on Ion Beam Parameters
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Components Literature, Part 2

FEBRUARY 2009:

• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Reality of Virtual Leaks
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Stress Measurements in Thin Films
• Process Technology Tutorial: Hybrid Deposition Process I: Vacuum Polymer Deposition
• Roll-to-roll Technology for Transparent High Barrier Films
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Components Literature, Part 1

JANUARY 2009:

• Process Technology Tutorial: Atomic Layer Deposition 2: Applications
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Virtual Leaks: How to identify, fix, and (best case) avoid them
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Control of Stress and Related Properties in Thin Film
• A New dielectrophoretic Coating Process for Depositing Thin and Uniform Coatings on Films and Fibrous Surfaces
• Patterning and High Rate Vacuum Deposition on the Super Thin Film
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Components Catalogs

DECEMBER 2008:

• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Factors that Create Stress in Thin Films
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Vacuum Gas Flow Calculations: On the back of the envelope (literally)
• Process Technology Tutorial: Atomic Layer Deposition
• Process Technology Tutorial: Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition 2: Applications
• Tech Topics: Process Improvements through Optimized Loadlock Operations
• Oscillations and Instabilities in Hall-Current Ion Sources
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Furnaces and Ovens
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Feedthroughs and Seals

NOVEMBER 2008:

• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Temperature Measurement by Resistance Methods
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Weld Design for High Vacuum - Part II: Welding is a craft, but designing a weld is a science
• Gleanings from the Library: A Quantum-Stabilized Mirror for Atoms
• Plasma Cleaning of Surfaces
• Optimum Operation of Hall-Current Ion Sources
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Chillers/Cryogenics Systems and Heaters for Vacuum Processing Applications

OCTOBER 2008:

• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Weld Design for High Vacuum - Part I
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Optical Temperature Measurement
• Process Technology Tutorial: Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition I
• Water Vapor and Carbon Nanotubes
• Tech Topic: What are the Factors in Writing a Better Report?
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Leak Detectors
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Gas Deliver Components
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Gauges - Part 2

SEPTEMBER 2008:

• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Temperature Measurement
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Heat Transfer in Vacuum Part III: Radiation and Examples with All Three Mechanisms
• Process Technology Tutorial: Chemical Vapor Deposition II: Thin Film Properties
• The Old Bishop's Almanac - Prognostications for the Future of Vacuum Coating
• Chemical Vapor Deposition Polymerization for Conducting Polymer Thin-Film Coating
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Gauges, Part 1

AUGUST 2008:

• Process Technology Tutorial: Basic Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Heat Transfer in Vacuum Part II: Convection in Your System
• AVS - 55th Symposium Preview
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Information from Electrical Measurements
• Reflective High Energy Electron Diffraction (RHEED) - A Unique Tool for In-situ Growth Monitoring
• Procedures and Pitfalls in Measuring Surface Resistance in Deposited Films at Very Low and Very High Values
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Thin-Film Thickness, Flatness and Hardness Metrology Equipment Suppliers
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Pump Equipment Suppliers

JULY 2008:

• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Resistance Measurements for Thin Film
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Heat Transfer in Vacuum Part 1: How Pressure Affects Your System's Thermal Conduction
• Impact of Metallizer Process Controls On Optical and Gas Barrier Uniformity
• The Performance and Limitations of Simple Reactively Sputtered Barrier Coatings on Polymer Webs
• Pulsed Laser Deposition
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Power Supplies for Vacuum Thin-Film Deposition and Coating
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Thin-Film Deposition Rate Monitoring and Controller

JUNE 2008:

• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Thermal Conductivity and Heat Transport in Solids
• Process Technology Tutorial: Ion Plating
• Advances in Concentrating Solar Power Collectors: Mirrors and Solar-Selective Coatings
• Nano Particle Coatings and Applications in Window Film
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Outgassing Part 4: Sublimation
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Gas Analytical Systems
• Mechanical Properties of SiO_x Coated PET Films Characterized by AFM Equipped with Micro Tensile Stage
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Valves, Flanges and Fittings for Processes and Systems

MAY 2008:

• Integrating Inorganic Devices in the Structure of a Contact Lens
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Outgassing Part 3: Diffusion from the Bulk
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Gas Handling Systems & Equipment Including Components, Control, Metrology and Analyzers
• Process Technology Tutorial: Ion Beam Sputtering
• Plasma-Wall Interaction: DC and Pulsed DC Plasmas
• Web Based Photonic Crystal Biosensors for Drug Discovery & Diagnostics
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Compositional Analysis: Rutherford Backscattering

APRIL 2008:

• Process Technology Tutorial: Magnetron Sputtering - Dual Magnetron and Mid Frequency Sputtering
• Photovoltaic Technology and Recent Development with the Department of Energy's Solar America Initiative (SAI)
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Transmission Electron Microscopy
• Currency and the Neverending Battle
• Energy, Environmental Issues and Recycling - or How to Tie Yourself in Knots
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Electron-Beam, Ion-Beam, and Magnetron Deposition and Coating Systems
• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Outgassing Part 2: Contamination Evaporation
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Catalogs for Materials, Gases, Chemicals, and Gas Instrumentation

MARCH 2008:

• Guide to Vacuum Technology: Outgassing Part 1 - Desorption of Molecules from Surfaces
• Guides to Vacuum Processnig: Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Process Technology Tutorial: High Power Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering (HPPMS)
• Power Supplies to Enable High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS or HPPMS)
• Plasma Chemistry
• Technology and Applications of Microstructured Pigments
• The Coming of Hydrogen Economy
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Electron-Beam, Ion-Beam and Magnetron Deposition Sources

FEBRUARY 2008:

• Guides to Vacuum Technology: Permeation: Is Atmospheric Contamination Sneaking into your System?
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Thin Film Metrology II: Atomic Force Microscopy
• Process Technology Tutorial: Cylindrical and Rotating Magnetron Sputtering
• The Discharge Voltage Behaviour During Reactive Sputtering of Oxides
• FCSE 2008 Preview
• Silicon Integrated Circuit Manufacturing Technology - 2008
• Industrial Espionage
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Leak Detectors
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Mass Flow Controller, Mass Flow Meter and Residual Gas Analyzer

JANUARY 2008:

• Guides to Vacuum Technology: O-Ring Seals: Making Leak-tight Seals for High Vacuum
• Process Technology Tutorial: Unbalanced and Closed Field Magnetron Sputtering Processes
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Thin Film Metrology 1: Surface Profilometry Techniques
• DC and Pulsed DC Gas Flow Hollow Cathode Sputter-Deposition
• Thin Film Mechanical Properties and Delamination
• AIXTRON AG Reduces Cost of Ownership of LED Production Equipment by Modelling and Simulation of Thin Film Deposition Processes with ESI Group's CFD-ACE+ Multiphysics CFD Software
• Reactive Nano Technology
• Evaluation of Dry, Rough Vacuum Pumps: Part Six
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Component Literature

DECEMBER 2007:

• Process Technology Tutorial: Planar Diode and Magnetron Sputtering
• Tech Topics: Building Custom Scientific Apparatus & Special Machines
• Issues with Advanced Reflective Coatings for the Thirty Meter Telescope
• Solid-State Lighting: Part One - Introduction to White Light LEDs
• Guides to Vacuum Processing: Thin Film Process Thickness Control
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Feedthroughs and Seals
• Vacuum Products Showcase: Furnaces and Ovens

NOVEMBER 2007:

• Plasma Corner: How Plasmas Are Made
• Process Technology Tutorial: Ion Assisted Deposition
• Maintaining Electronic Connector Integrity in Corrosive Environments
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Chillers/Cryogenics and Heaters for Vacuum Processing Applications
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Sputtering Targets

OCTOBER 2007:

• Process Technology Tutorial: Thin Film Deposition Process Roundup
• Mechanical Properties of Materials and Film Stress
• Arc Reduction in Magnetron Sputtering of Metallic Materials
• High Temperature Superconducting Wire: Part Two - How It's Made
• Evaluation of Dry, Rough Vacuum Pumps: Part Five
• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: UV-Visible Spectroscopy: Optical Measurements
• Thin Film Batteries
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Leak Detectors and Systems

SEPTEMBER 2007:

• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Infrared Spectroscopy
• Evaluation of Dry, Rough Vacuum Pumps: Part Four
• Aluminum vs Stainless Steel for Vacuum Chambers: There ain't no such thing as a free lunch!!
• RFID Tags - They're Everywhere! Part One
• Pulsed Laser Deposition: An Emerging PVD Process
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Gauges

AUGUST 2007:

• Thin Film from the Archives: Thermal Control Using Thin Film Coatings
• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Raman Spectroscopy
• High Temperature Superconducting Wire - A Perfect Storm, Part 1
• Dye Doped Red Organic Light-emitting Diode
• Evaluation of Dry, Rough Vacuum Pumps: Part Three
• Tech Topics: Eight Great Things Manufacturing Engineers Must Know About Leak Testing Equipment to Maintain Quality Control without Sacrificing Production Speeds
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Pump Equipment Supplier
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Thin-Film Thickness, Flatness and Hardness Metrology Equipment Supplier

JULY 2007:

• Advancing Business Skills: What I Learned on My Summer Vacation
• Thin Film from the Archives Energy Storage: Miniature Thin Film Batteries Make it Big
• Pelicula Delgado del Archivo Almacenamiento de energia: Pilas miniatura de pelicula delgada tienen gran exito
• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Structure of Solids
• Solar Cell Technology Part Three: How Solar Cells Work
• "Done in the Sun", Applications of Solar Energy
• Reactive Sputtering Behavior of a Rotating Cylindrical Magnetron
• High Vacuum Measurement Uncertainty and A New Practical Solution for High Vacuum Reproducibility and Vacuum Process Quality Control
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Power Supplies for Vacuum Thin-Film Deposition and Coating
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Thin-Film Deposition Rate Monitoring and Controller

JUNE 2007:

• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing Composite Materials
• Advancing Business Skills: Cross the Digital Divide and Get Where You're Going Faster
• Evaluation of Dry, Rough Vacuum Pumps: Part Two
• Thin Film from the Archives: Thin Film Energy Applications: Switchable Coatings for Solar Control
• Pelicula Delgado del Archivo: Aplicaciones Energeticas para Peliculas Delgadas: Recumbrimientos Conmutables para el Control Solar
• Magnetron-Sputtered Nanolaminate Coatings
• Degradation of Homopolymer Acetal, Copolymer Acetal and Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Due to Exposure to Ultraviolet Radiation
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Valves, Flanges and Fittings for Processes and Systems

MAY 2007:

• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Electromagnetic Properties of Materials: Insulators
• Advancing Business Skills: Five Project Management Myths
• Thin Film from the Archives: Amporphous Silicon, A Versatile Optical Material
• Pelicula Delgado del Archivo: Silicio Amorfo, Un Material Optico Versatil
• Solar Cell Technology Part Two: How Solar Cells Work
• Evaluation of Dry, Rough Vacuum Pumps: Part One
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Custom Vacuum Chambers
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Gas Handling Systems and Equipment Including Components, Control, Metrology and Analyzers

APRIL 2007:

• Thin Film from the Archives: Thin Film Shielding Coatings in a Nutshell 1: Materials
• Pel cula Delgado del Archivo: Recubrimientos de blindaje de pelicula delgada Breve resena 1: Materiales
• Advancing Business Skills: Know How- The Project Manager's Guide to Getting it Done Eliminating Project Decelerators and Remove Barriers to Speed
• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Thermal Control Coatings
• Solid State Lighting: A Bright Opportunity for Thin Film Technology?
• Pipe Coating Technologies Tackle Corrosions and Wear for Oil & Gas Industry
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Fifth Annual Thin Film Deposition and Coatings Systems

MARCH 2007:

• Advancing Business Skills: How to Read with Cheetah Speed
• Solar Cell Technology Part One: How Solar Cells Work
• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Filtered Cathodic Arc Deposition
• A Review of Transparent Barrier Coatings
• NanoFoil® Enables Higher Sputtering Rates
• Thin Film from the Archives- Thick Coatings: A Microstructure Nightmare
• Pel cula Delgado del Archivo- Recubrimientos Gruesos: Una Pesadilla de Microestructura
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Electron-Beam, Ion-Beam and Magnetron Deposition Sources

FEBRUARY 2007:

• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Magnetron Sputtering
• Thin Film from the Archives
• Pel cula Delgado del Archivo
• Solar Cells - An Introduction
• Advanced Optical Coating Technology Used in the Development of Concentrator Arrays for Solar Space Power Applications
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Component Literature

JANUARY 2007:

• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Tribological Coatings
• Influence of the D.C. Magnetron Sputter Deposition Process on the Photocatalytic Activity of Amorphous TiO_2 Thin Films
• Ultrabarrier Protective Coatings for Lithium Thin Film Batteries and Thin Film Photovoltaics
• Rotatable Magnetron Technology: Rising Star of the Global Flat Glass Coating Industry
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Component Catalogs

DECEMBER 2006:

• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Composition of PVD Thin Films
• Characterization of Hybrid Atmospheric Plasma in Air and Nitrogen
• Managing Arcs in RF Powered Plasma Processes
• Permeation Barrier Coatings in Flexible Electronics and Polymer/Inorganic Layer Interphase Development in an Expanding Thermal Plasma
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Feedthroughs and Seals
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Furnaces and Ovens

NOVEMBER 2006:

• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Thin Film Semiconductors
• Coating Improvements Through Better Control of Water Vapour In Vacuum Deposition
• High Performance Wear Resistant Coatings on Plastic
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Chillers/Cryogenics and Heaters for Vacuum Processing Applications
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Part Two: Vacuum Gauges

OCTOBER 2006:

• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Crystal Structure and Bonding Measurements of Thin Films 1: X-ray Diffraction
• Compact Oil Free Pumps
• Advanced High Reflector Coatings for the Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope
• Influence of Low Ion Bombardment Energy on Interface Formation and Thin Film Growth in a Plasma-CVD Environment
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Leak Detectors and Systems

SEPTEMBER 2006:

• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Amorphous Thin Films
• Vacuum Web Agenda, AIMCAL Preview
• A New End-Hall Ion Source with Improved Performance
• Real-Time Growth Studies on the Expanding Thermal Plasma Deposited AnO Films by Means of In Situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Gauges

AUGUST 2006:

• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Ion Assisted Deposition for PVD Processes
• Advances and Applications of Inherently Conductive Polymer Technologies Based on Poly (3, 4-Ethylendioxythiophene)
• Combination of Hollow Cathode and Vacuum Arc Plasma for Effective Hard Material Coatings on Tools
• AVS 53rd Symposium Preview
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Pump Equipment Supplier
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Thin-Film Thickness, Flatness and Hardness Metrology Equipment Supplier

JULY 2006:

• VTC Guides to Vacuum Processing: Optical Properties of Non-Metallic Thin Films
• Review of the International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films
• Plasma-Assisted Co-Evaporation of Thin Film Semiconductors
• Concept for Lightweight Spaced-Based Deposition Technology
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Power Supplies for Vacuum Thin-Film Deposition Coating
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Thin-Film Deposition Rate Monitoring and Controller Product Showcase

JUNE 2006:

• VT&C Guides to Vacuum Processing: Stress in Thin Film
• Etching and Texturing Polymer Films - Different Options for Patterned Deposition or Encouraging Nucleation
• Measuring Permeation of Gases and Vapours Through Polymer Substrates and Barrier Layers
• High Density Plasma Deposition
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Valves, Flanges and Fittings for Processes and Systems

MAY 2006:

• VT&C Guides to Vacuum Processing: Adhesion of Thin Films
• Organic Alq_3 Nanostructures Fabricated with Glancing Angle Deposition
• Improved Reactive Sputtering Control Through Application of Higher Speed Mass Flow Controllers
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Gas Handling Systems and Equipment Including Components, Control, Metrology and Analyzers

APRIL 2006:

• VT&C Guides to Vacuum Processing: Electrical Properties of Thin Metal Films
• SVC 2006 Technical Conference Preview: A Tour Through the Technical Program of the 49th Technical Conference
• How to Select a Leak Detector
• Current Progress in Large Scale Manufacturing of PVD Coatings for Decorative Applications
• Vapor Phase Deposition of Nanostructured Polymer-Metal Composites for Advanced Applications
• Effective Control for Reactive Sputtering Processes
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Fourth Annual Thin-Film Deposition and Coating Systems

MARCH 2006:

• VT&C Guides to Vacuum Processing: High Reflection Coatings
• Advanced Rotatable Cylindrical Magnetron Technology Brings Increased Efficiencies and Cost Savings for Display Manufacturers
• How to Select a Leak Detector
• Low-Energy End-Hall Ion Source Characterization at Millitorr Pressures
• Wafer Cleaning: High Throughput Photoresist Strip Using Toroidal RF Plasma Source in Ashers
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Electron-Beam, Ion-Beam and Magnetron Deposition Sources

FEBRUARY 2006:

• VT&C Guides to Vacuum Processing: Engineered Thin Film Materials
• ZrO2-based Partial Gas Pressures Sensors in Vacuum: Analysis Main Components of Errors
• Future Space-Based Deposition Technology for Solar Power and Astronomical Applications
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Component Literature

JANUARY 2006:

• Introduction to Plasmas - Part 3B Pulsed Plasmas in Deposition Processes
• Nanostructured Ti-B-C-N Thin Films Produced from Composite Targets Using Unbalanced Magnetron Sputtering
• VT&C Guides to Vacuum Processing: Putting Photons to Work
• How Do Thin Films and Nano-Materials Really Look in Vacuum?
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Components Catalogs

DECEMBER 2005:

• VT&C Guides to Vacuum Processing: Defects in Thin Films
• Underwater Vacuum Technology
• In Situ Growth Monitoring of Nanocomposite TiN/SiN_1.3 and TiC_xN_y/SiCN Films Using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
• Optimizing Turbopump Design for Plasma Deposition Systems
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Furnaces and Ovens

NOVEMBER 2005:

• VT&C Guides to Vacuum Processing: Magnetic Properties of Materials and Thin Films
• Optical Nanostructures Fabricated with Glancing Angle Deposition
• Comparison of Black Decorative PVD Coatings on Soft Substrates
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Heaters and Chillers for Vacuum Processing Applications

OCTOBER 2005:

• Leak Testing Process Gas Components and Systems for Semiconductor Manufacturing
• Using Vacuum Roll Coaters to Produce Anti-Counterfeiting Devices
• Comparison of Titanium Oxide Coatings Deposited by PVD and PECVD
• AVS 52nd Symposium Preview
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Suppliers of Leak Detectors and Systems

SEPTEMBER 2005:

• Breakthrough Silicon Process - Technologies of 2005 : Process Technologies #9: Emerging Memory Structures for the Nanoelectronics Era
• Method to Design Magnetrons that Match Preferred Erosion Patterns
• New Sputter Targets & Sputter Hardware Offering Further Cost Reductions for Large Area Coating
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Gauges

AUGUST 2005:

• Breakthrough Silicon Process-Technologies of 2005: Process Technologies #8: Lithography for Nano CMOS: RETs, Immersion & Imprint Lithography
• Multilayer Protective Coatings for Polycarbonates Prepared by Plasma Enhanced CVD
• Low Polarization Short Pass Filter for 45 Degrees with Good Blocking Characteristics
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Supplies for Thin-Film Metrology
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Supplies for Vacuum Pumps

JULY 2005:

• High Performance Low Cost Single Layer Barrier Coatings on Plastic
• Breakthrough Silicon Process-Technologies of 2005: Process Technologies #7: Ultra-Shallow Source Drain Junctions
• Characterization of the Electron Movement in Varying Magnetic Fields and the Resulting Anomalous Erosion
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Power Supplies for Vacuum Thin-Film Deposition and Coating
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Thin-Film Deposition Rate Monitoring and Controllers

JUNE 2005:

• Vacuum Science and Technology - Introductory Course Lesson 8: Care and Maintenance of Pumps and Vacuum Systems
• Ciencia y Tecnologia de Vacio - Curso de Introduccion 8 Leccion: Cuidado y mantenimiento de bombas y sistemas de vacio
• Vacuum Science and Technology - Introductory Course Lesson 9: Pumpdown and Evaluating System Performance
• Ciencia y Tecnologia de Vacio - Curso de Introduccion 9 Leccion: Bombeo de vacio y evaluacion del rendimiento del sistema
• Long Pass Non-Polarizing 45 Degree Dichroic Filter
• Recent Developments in Measuring Permeation Through Barrier Films and Understanding of Permeation Processes
• Breakthrough Developments in Measuring Permeation Through Barrier Films and Understanding of Permeation Processes
• Breakthrough Silicon Process-Technologies of 2005 - Process Technologies #6: Carbon Nanotubes
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Valves for Processes and Systems

MAY 2005:

• Part Two: What Else Can QCM Do?
• Vacuum Science and Technology - Introductory Course Lesson 7: Gas permeation and outgassing
• Ciencia y Tecnologia de Vacio - Curso de Introduccion 7 Leccion: Paso del gas y degaseado
• Breakthrough Silicon Process - Technologies of 2005 Process Technology #5: "Non-Classical" CMOS Device Structures
• Scale-up of Microwave Resonator Plasma Sources for Large Area
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Gas Handling Systems, Equipment and Including Components, Control, Metrology and Analyzers

APRIL 2005:

• Vacuum Product Showcase: Part Two: Vacuum Component Literature
• Part Two: Contamination Control and Cleaning Technology for ULSI
• p-Type Sb-doped ZnO Thin Films Prepared with Filtered Vacuum Arc Deposition
• Breakthrough Silicon Process-Technologies of 2005 Process Technology #4: Deep-submicron Interconnects: Copper; Low-k; & Dual-Damascene
• Vacuum Science and Technology - Introductory Course Lesson 6: The Scourge of Vacuum Systems
• Ciencia y Tecnologia de Vacio - Curso de Introduccion 6 Leccion: El azote de los sistemas de vacio
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Third Annual Evaporation and Sputtering Thin-Film Deposition and Coatings Systems

MARCH 2005:

• Vacuum Science and Technology - Introductory Course Lesson 5: Cleaning and Conditioning of Vacuum Components and System
• Ciencia y Tecnologia de Vacio - Curso de Introduccion 5 Leccion: Limpieza y acondicionamiento de partes y sistemas de vacio
• Oxygen as a Reactive Gas: Opportunities in the Decorative Coating Field
• Breakthrough Silicon Process - Technologies of 2005: Process Technology #3: Silicon-On-Insulator Technology (SOI)
• SVC 2005 Technical Conference Preview
• The Quartz Crystal Microbalance, a Versatile Characterization Tool for Thin Film Coatings
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Electron-Beam, Ion-Beam, and Magentron Deposition Sources

FEBRUARY 2005:

• Symposium on Functional Coatings & Surface Engineering - FCSE 2005
• Vacuum Science and Technology - Introductory Course Lesson 4: Turbo Molecular Pumps
• Ciencia y Tecnologia de Vacio - Curso de Introduccion 4 Leccion: Bombas Turbomoleculares
• Hot, Hot, Hot! (and other merengues)
• Breakthrough Silicon Process - Technologies of 2005 Process Technology #2: Gate Dielectrics: High-K & Ultra-Thin Si0_2 Films for Naoscale - CMOS
• Part One: Contamination Control and Cleaning Technology for ULSI
• Modeling of Sputtering Equipment, Process and Film Growth as an Engineering Tool: Building a Virtual Sputter Tool
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Component Literature, Part One

JANUARY 2005:

• Ultra-Low Loss AR Coatings
• Breakthrough Silicon Process-Technologies of 2005: Process Technology #1: STRAINED-SILICON FOR INCREASED MOSFET PERFORMANCE
• Book Review: "Microchip Manufacturing"
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Component Catalog, Brochure and Data Sheet

DECEMBER 2004:

• Kimo's Corner EXTRA! The Perfect Gift©
• Broadband Antireflection Coating Design Recommendations
• Silver Antimicrobial Nanoparticles Product Safety and Longevity for the Future
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Vacuum Furnaces and Ovens

NOVEMBER 2004:

• Case Study: Microengine Project - Ionic Fusion IPD
• Developments in Materials Processes: Key to Advances to Thin Film Design
• Anode and Electrolyte Coatings for Thin Film Batteries
• Vacuum Science and Technology - Introductory Course Lesson 3: Oil-sealed mechanical pumps
• Ciencia y Tecnologia de Vacio - Curso de Introduccion 3a Leccion: Bombas mecanicas con bano de aceite
• Product Showcase - Heaters and Chillers for Vacuum Processing Applications

OCTOBER 2004:

• Vacuum Science and Technology - Introductory Course Lesson 2: Vacuum Pressure and Flow
• Ciencia y Tecnologia de Vacio - Curso de Introduccion 2a Leccion: Vacio, Presion y Flujo
• Methods for Improving Accuracy of Optical Coating Analysis from Spectrophotometric Measurements
• AVS 51st Symposium Review
• Product Showcase - Leak Detectors

SEPTEMBER 2004:

• Characterizations of Electron Beam-Generated Plasmas for Materials Processing
• SPARROW - A New Thin Film Based Biosensor Chip Technology
• Variable Duty Cycle Pulsed Discharges to Control Coating Compositions During RF Plasma Polymerizations
• Product Showcase -Vacuum Gauges

AUGUST 2004:

• Thin Films are Helping in the Fight Against Pulmonary Diseases: Development of a Photolytic Artificial Lung
• Solving Vacuum Issues in Magnetic Data Storage Production Tools
• Improving Rate Control in Electron-Beam Evaporated Optical Coatings
• Vacuum Pumps-The Entire Spectrum - Part One

JULY 2004:

• Laboratory Testing Methods of a Hard Carbon Thin Film
• Deposition of Coatings via Atmospheric Plasma-Enhanced CVD
• Process Pressure and Residual Gas Control, a Critical Task
• Power Supplies for Vacuum Thin-Film Deposition Coating

JUNE 2004:

• A Preview of the 2004 AVS ALD Conference
• Vacuum Deposition/Impregnation: The New Wave Technology
• Throwing - and Covering - Power Assessment: PVD Application
• Racing Applications for a Hard Carbon Thin Film
• Vacuum Valves for Processes and Systems

MAY 2004:

• Introduction to Plasmas - Part 3a: Plasmas in Deposition Processes: How Plasmas are Produced DC, AC and RF Plasmas
• Preparation of Complex Oxide Thin Films by MOCVD
• Copper Sputtering Target Chemical Analysis Round Robin
• Plasma Deposition of Diamond-Like Protective Coating with Silicon Oxide Content
• Gas Equipment Showcase: Gas Handling Systems, Equipment, Components, Control, Metrology and Analyzer Products

APRIL 2004:

• A Systematic Study of the Properties of the Zr-C-N Ternary System, Deposited by Reactive Arc Evaporation
• Truth and Consequences: Asian O-Rings Are Cheap, But Do They Perform As Promised?
• Deposition Systems Product Showcase - Evaporation and Sputtering Thin-Film Deposition Systems
• AVS Fifth Annual ICMI Abstracts - Continued

MARCH 2004:

• Technician-Level Plasma Technology Training
• SVC Technical Conference Preview
• Hollow Cathode Based Multi-Component Depositions
• Development and Characterization of Magnetron Sputtered Al-Mo Coatings
• Vacuum Product Showcase - Electron-Beam, Ion-Beam and Magnetron Sources
• AVS Fifth Annual ICMI Abstracts

FEBRUARY 2004:

• Scale Up of Si/Si_0.8Ge_0.2 and B_4C/B_9C Multi-Quantum Well Films for Harvesting of Waste Heat
• Dry Primary Vacuum Pumps - Matching Technology to Application
• Cohesive Strength and Oxygen Permeability of PECVD-Based Coatings on Semicrystalline Polymers
• Application Note: A General Overview of Calibration of Helium Mass Spectrometer Leak Detectors
• AVS Fifth Annual ICMI Abstracts

JANUARY 2004:

• Introduction to Plasmas, Part 2 - Plasmas in Depositions Processes: Plasma Chemistry and Plasma-Wall Interactions
• Flexible Barrier Materials for Technical Applications
• Performance of High-Precision Knife Blades Treated by Plasma Nitriding and PVD Coating
• Vacuum Product Showcase - Feedthroughs and Seals for Vacuum Processing Applications

DECEMBER 2003:

• Optical Coatings for Conventional and Unusual Applications and Computer Methods for their Design and Manufacture
• Testing the Integrity of Thin Film Materials for Sub-Micron and Nano-Sized Anomalies Utilizing a Unique Patented Electron Beam Technology
• Emergent Technologies for Large Area PVD Coating of Metal Strips

NOVEMBER 2003:

• World's First OLEDs Produced with Vertical In-Line Process
• Plasma Parameters During Thin Film Deposition
• Vacuum Issues in High-Volume, Large Glass Coating Systems
• Vacuum Product Showcase - Heaters and Chillers

OCTOBER 2003:

• Plasma Beam Processing of Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Film Materials
• Vacuum Issues in the Semiconductor Industry - Photolithography
• Improving the Uniformity of the Coating of DWDM Filters
• Novel Electrochromic Materials and Devices
• Vacuum Product Showcase: Thick- and Thin-Film Thickness and Flatness Metrology Equipment

SEPTEMBER 2003:

• Introductions to Plasma
• High Resistivity Transparent/Conductive Coatings for Space Applications: Problems and Possible Improvements
• Resistivity and Microstructure Issues in Indium-Oxide Based Films Grown by RF Magnetron Sputtering on Flexible Polyester Substrates
• Vacuum Product Showcase - Leak Detectors

AUGUST 2003:

• Vacuum Issues in the Semiconductor Industry -- Etch
• DLC Review: Current Techniques for Diamond-Like Carbon Synthesis
• Vacuum Product Showcase – Vacuum Gauges
• Optical Monitoring of Thin Films Using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry

JULY 2003:

• Gas Analysis Solutions for Yield Improvement of Deposition Process for LEDS and Large Area Coatings Applications
• What Else Can an RGA Do?
• Vacuum Issues in the Semiconductor Industry Physical Vapor Deposition
• Color Measurement for Decorative Coating on Three-Dimensional Parts
• Vacuum Product Showcase Power Supplies for Thin Film Deposition and Coating

JUNE 2003:

• Vacuum Issues in the Semiconductor Industry -- Ion Implantation
• Foundation of Vacuum Coating Technology: The Stories Behind the Facts?
• Nanotechnology: Benefits, Challenges, and Risks

MAY 2003:

• International SEMATECH and its Approach to New Transistor Materials and Device Directions
• Decorative and Functional TiN Coatings for Aluminum Bicycle Parts
• ElectroSpark Deposition: Principles and Applications
• The Transfer of Technology from R&D to Production

APRIL 2003:

• Toward the Manufacture of “Perfect” Antireflection Coatings
• CrN Deposition by Reactive High – Power Density Pulsed Magnetron Sputtering
• The Latest Market Trends, Vacuum Techniques, and Technologies Vacuum Product Showcase – Part One: Deposition Systems

MARCH 2003:

• Progress in Optical Coatings on Plastic Substrates
• Ion Beam Technology for Thin Film Applications
• The Use of Etching During the Precise Manufacture of Optical Multilayer Coatings
• A Review of Optical Coating Topics at the 2002 Society of Vacuum Coaters Technical Conference
• Vacuum Product Showcase – Part Five -- Valves

FEBRUARY 2003:

• Pigments Exhibiting A Combination of Thin Film & Diffractive Light Interference
• Uniformity Control in Sputter Deposition Processes
• Vacuum Product Showcase – Part Four – Electron Beam, Ion-Beam and Magnetron Sources
• The History of Vacuum Coating – Part VII

JANUARY 2003:

• Hollow Cathode Plasma Cleaning and Surface Activation
• The Influence of Diaphragm Pumps on the Hydrogen Partial Pressure in High Vacuum Systems
• Vacuum Pump Product Showcase – Part Three – Very High Vacuum and R&D

DECEMBER 2002:

• The Application of Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy for the Characterization of a Cesium Source for OLED Production
• Ion Plating and Beyond: Pushing the Limits of Energetic Deposition
• Vacuum Pump Product Showcase – Part Two – High Vacuum

NOVEMBER 2002:

• Advanced Application Tailored PVD Coatings Utilizing Nanoscale Multilayer/Superlattice Structures
• Vacuum Pump Product Showcase – Roughing Pumps: Dry and Oil-Filled
• The History of Vacuum Coating – Part VI

OCTOBER 2002:

• The History of Vacuum Coating – Part V
• Pigments Exhibiting Diffractive Effects
• Biased Dual Magnetron Sputter Deposition of Alumina
• Vacuum Measurements Using Modern Cold Cathode Technology

SEPTEMBER 2002:

• In-Situ Ellipsometry Study on Nitride Coatings
• Mass Spectrometric Characterization of Pulsed Plasmas for Deposition of Thin Polyethylene Glycol-Like Polymer Films
• The History, Theory and Application of Ion Sources
• Vacuum Gauge Guides: Addendum

AUGUST 2002:

• The History of Vacuum Coating – Part IV
• Cathodic Arc Plasma Deposition -- Part II
• Engineering Surfaces of Precision Steel Components
• NEG Pumps: Magic in the Vacuum Chamber?

JULY 2002:

• Cathodic Arc Plasma Deposition – Part I
• The Evolution of Solar Infrared Reflective Glazing in Automobiles
• Vacuum Gauge Selection Guides: Part Two Gas Dependent and Gas Independent)

JUNE 2002:

• Introduction to Laser-Activated Surface Waves (LaWave tm) A 21st Century Technology
• Highly Oriented Coatings at Low Substrate Temperatures
• Product Roundup: Vacuum Gauge Selection Guides (Gas Dependent)

MAY 2002:

• The History of Vacuum Coating Part III
• Patents in the 21st Century
• Summary of the 2002 SVC Technical Conference
• Thin Film Magnetic Media Fabrication A Process Overview Part Two
• Excimer Lasers: How They Work

APRIL 2002:

• Plasma-Assisted High-Rate Evaporation of
• Organically Modified SiO2 onto Plastics A Cost-Effective Method for Wear-Resistant SiO2 Coatings
• Thin Film Magnetic Media Fabrication: A Process Overview Part One
• A Novel Ionized PVD Process for Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) Coatings

MARCH 2002:

• The History of Vacuum Coating Technology Part II
• Growth and Analysis of Binary and Ternary Nitride Coatings Using Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
• Comparison of Two Ion/Plasma Sources for Optical Coating

FEBRUARY 2002:

• Poisoning During Sputtering of an AI-Target in a Mixture of Ar and O2
• Hard Coatings Past, Present and Future
• In Situ Analysis of Particle Contamination in Magnetron Sputtering Process During Magnetic Media Manufacturing
• The History of Vacuum Coating Technology Part I

JANUARY 2002:

• Product Roundup: Leak Detection
• Getting Better Optical Coatings That Use Silica and Hafnia
• AVEM International Seminar Focus Evolving Technology And Market Trends in the Vacuum Industry

DECEMBER 2001:

• Novel Vapor Phase Processing for High Performance Coating
• Measuring Multilayer Thin Film Structures with Spectroscopic Ellipsometry
• Application of X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Depth Profiles to the Analysis of Metal Surfaces
• Adhesion Measurement of Films & Coatings: A Commentary

NOVEMBER 2001:

• Electron-Beam Produced Plasmas: Considerations and Applications
• Dynamic Sealing Using Ferrofluid
• Characterizing Optical Thin Films, Part II
• High Precision Deposition of Oxide Coatings

OCTOBER 2001:

• Vacuum Training for Manufacturing: Why and How
• Multi-Stage Traps Clean Up Vacuum Systems
• Sculptured Thin Films: Engineered Nanostructural Materials
• Magnetic Sputtering of ITO and ZnO Films for Large Area Glass Coating
• Microstructural and Gas Barrier Properties of Transparent Aluminum Oxide and Tin Oxide Films

SEPTEMBER 2001:

• Characterizing Optical Thin Films, Part I
• The Coating of Internal Surfaces Using a New Cylindrical Magnetron
• Co-Extruded Polymer Film Substrates
• Processing in Afterglows and Decaying Plasmas
• Variable Angle Spectroscopic Reflectometry in the Vacuum Ultra-Violet

AUGUST 2001:

• A Predictive Model for Operation and Advanced Control of Dielectric Films in PECVD Tools
• An Integrated Solution for Reactive Sputtering
• Plasma Emission Monitoring
• Nanoscale Removal of Contaminant Particles and Films
• Review of the Cutting Tools and Machining Systems Conference

JULY 2001:

• Management of Large Scale Vacuum Systems Facilities
• Thin Film Deposited at Glancing Incidence and Their Applications
• Troubleshooting Vacuum Pumping Systems
• History of Vacuum Coating Sputter Deposition: Early Efforts

JUNE 2001:

• The Effects of Pumping Speed on the Operation of a Cold Cathode Ion Source
• Plasma Emission Monitoring
• Going Beyond EPA and OSHA Regulations: What's it Worth to the Vacuum Coating Industry?
• Kodak OLEDs Brighten Up Flat Panel Display Technology Sputter

MAY 2001:

• Research Needs for Coatings on Glass: Summary of the U.S. Department of Energy Roadmapping Workshop
• Reduction of the Secondary Electron Problem on Accelerator Components
• An Introduction to Optical Coating Design
• Plasma Polymerized Thin Films for Corrosion Control on Electronic Devices

APRIL 2001:

• Opportunities and Challenges in MEMS Commercialization
• Electron Beam Evaporation Part 3 Optical Coating Processing
• Ion Beam Analysis of Materials Part 2

MARCH 2001:

• Enhanced Reactively Sputtered Al2O3 Deposition by Addition of Activated Reactive Oxygen
• Organic Electroluminesence
• Electron Beam Evaporation Part 2 Semiconductor Processing
• Roll-to-Roll Sputter Web Coater A Status Report

FEBRUARY 2001:

• Vacuum Functionalization of Web Surfaces Via Plasma Treatment and Polymer Coating
• Electron Beam Evaporation, Part I Fundamentals
• Smart Switchable Materials for the New Millennium Windows and Displays
• High Power Electron Beam Technology As We Enter The New Millennium
• Patents: I Know Theyre Important But What Are They Really?

JANUARY 2001:

• LPCVD and PECVD Operations Designed for iMEMs®
• Market Segment Focus Industrial Optical Coating Industry
• AVEM International Seminar Focus Evolving Technology and Market Trends in the Vacuum Industry
• Identification of Organic Contaminants on Metal Surfaces Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy