SEMs are capable of imaging many different sample types including semiconductors, metals and alloys, polymers, ceramics and biological samples. Some samples can be more difficult to image and must be ...

In the present state of the art, ion beam sputtering is used to produce low-loss dielectric optics. During the manufacturing of a dielectric layer stack, the deposition material must be changed, which ...

Reactive Sputtering Reactive sputtering process employs the combination of a non inert gas, such as oxygen, and an elemental target material, such as silicon. This gas chemically reacts with the ...

Sputter coating in scanning electron microscopy is a sputter deposition process to cover a specimen with a thin layer of conducting material, typically a metal, such as a gold/palladium (Au/Pd) alloy.

This appendix reviews various coating process technologies: diffusion coating, thermal spray (particulate deposition), physical vapor deposition (atomistic or molecular transfer), and sputtering ...

The 208HRD High Resolution Sputter Coater from Cressington provides real solutions to the issues faced while coating hard samples for FESEM imaging. Extremely thin, fine-grained, and uniform coatings ...