Overview of thin film deposition techniques

Olayinka Oluwatosin Abegunde; Esther Titilayo Akinlabi; Oluseyi Philip Oladijo; Stephen Akinlabi; Albert Uchenna Ude; Olayinka Oluwatosin Abegunde; Esther Titilayo Akinlabi; Oluseyi Philip Oladijo; Stephen Akinlabi; Albert Uchenna Ude

doi:10.3934/matersci.2019.2.174

AIMS Materials Science

2019, Volume 6, Issue 2: 174-199. doi: 10.3934/matersci.2019.2.174

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Overview of thin film deposition techniques

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Department of Mechanical Engineering Science, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg 2006, South Africa
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Department of Chemical, Material and Metallurgical Engineering, Botswana International University of Science and Technology, Palapye, Botswana

Received: 06 September 2018 Accepted: 23 January 2019 Published: 13 March 2019

Surface properties of the material can affect the efficiency and behavior of the material when in service. Modifying and tuning these surface properties to meet the specific demand for better performance is feasible and has been vastly employed in a different aspect of life. This can be achieved by coating the surface via deposition of the thin film. This study provides a review of the existing literature of different deposition techniques used for surface modification and coating. The two major areas of interest discussed are physical and chemical vapor deposition techniques, and the area of applications of surface coating was briefly highlighted in this report.
- chemical vapor deposition,
- physical vapor deposition,
- surface coating,
- thin film
Citation: Olayinka Oluwatosin Abegunde, Esther Titilayo Akinlabi, Oluseyi Philip Oladijo, Stephen Akinlabi, Albert Uchenna Ude. Overview of thin film deposition techniques[J]. AIMS Materials Science, 2019, 6(2): 174-199. doi: 10.3934/matersci.2019.2.174

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Surface properties of the material can affect the efficiency and behavior of the material when in service. Modifying and tuning these surface properties to meet the specific demand for better performance is feasible and has been vastly employed in a different aspect of life. This can be achieved by coating the surface via deposition of the thin film. This study provides a review of the existing literature of different deposition techniques used for surface modification and coating. The two major areas of interest discussed are physical and chemical vapor deposition techniques, and the area of applications of surface coating was briefly highlighted in this report.

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