Course detail
Thin Films
FCH-MCO_TVRAcad. year: 2018/2019
Terminology; fundamentals of vacuum science; introduction to plasma physics and chemistry; film deposition techniques: vacuum evaporation, sputtering, plasma polymerization, laser-enhanced CVD, CVD processes; thin film characterization: film growth, film thickness and deposition rate, scanning probe microscopy (STM, AFM, EFM, MFM, SNOM), mechanical properties (measurement techniques, internal stress, adhesion).
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Fundamentals of vacuum science
Introduction to plasma physics and chemistry
Physical vapor deposition
Chemical vapor deposition
Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition
Film growth
Film thickness
Scanning probe microscopy
Mechanical properties
Case study
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
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Basic literature
Eckertová L.: Fyzika tenkých vrstev. SNTL, Praha 1973. (CS)
Hoffman D., Singh B., Thomas J. H.: Handbook of Vacuum Science and Technology. Academic Press, San Diego 1998. (CS)
M. Ohring, The Materials Science of Thin Films, Academic Press 2001 (CS)
Mironov V. L.: Fundamentals of Scanning Probe Microscopy. Tekhnosfera, Moscow 2004. (CS)
N. Inagaki, Plasma Surface Modification and Plasma Polymerization, Technomic 1996 (CS)
Ohring M.: Materials Science of Thin Films. Academic Press, San Diego 2002. (CS)
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Classification of course in study plans
- Programme NKCP_CHM Master's
branch NKCO_CHM , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme NPCP_CHM Master's
branch NPCO_CHM , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional
- Programme CKCP_CZV lifelong learning
branch CKCO_CZV , 1 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional