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physical vapor deposition

[‚fiz·i·kəl ′vā·pər ‚dep·ə‚zish·ən]
(materials)
A thin-film deposition process in which a material (metal, alloy, compound, cermet, or composite) is either evaporated or sputtered onto a substrate in a vacuum. Abbreviated PVD.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Matsubara "Effects of substrate rotation speed during deposition on the thermal cycle life of thermal barrier coatings fabricated by electron beam physical vapor deposition " Surface and Coating Technology vol.
Amorphous [In.sub.2][S.sub.3] films on glass substrates have also been obtained by had been used to prepare this compound in thin film form such as organometallic chemical vapor deposition [6], physical vapor deposition (PVD) [1], thermal evaporation [5] and rf sputtering [4].
However, physical vapor deposition is expected to be the fastest growing technology in the high-performance ceramic coatings market during the forecast period.
Thermal methods for the application of dental coatings have included thermal plasma spray (TPS) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and physical vapor deposition (PVD; evaporation and physical sputtering).
The group will combine Metco, focused on thermal spray and surface applications, with its own Oerlikon Balzers, specialising in service-driven physical vapor deposition (PVD), expanding its surface solutions market to around CHF9bn, it said.
Oblique angle physical vapor deposition technique has led to the evolution of a new class of thin films with very large effective surface areas.
Mattox, Handbook of Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) Processing, Noyes, Westwood, NJ, USA, 1998.
Housed in a large stainless-steel case that's available uncoated or treated with black physical vapor deposition (PVD), the bridges of the automatic movement are overlaid with either rhodium plating or diamond-like carbon (DLC) to complement the chosen case color.
Federal-Mogul has developed a surface treatment and physical vapor deposition process that permits a coating thickness of more than 20 microns without the risk of delamination.
Ceramic MaxPhase is a corrosion-resistant, electrically conductive ceramic coating that is applied by Physical Vapor Deposition. The material has been qualified for use in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) as well as direct-methanol fuel cells (DMFC) in tests exceeding 2500 hours.
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