E050 The mechanisms of formation of thin films and coatings deposited by PVD technology

Shaginyan L.R.

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, I.N. Franzevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science. — Kyiv : Akademperiodyka, 2017. — 174 p. — ISBN 978-966-360-326-1. — (Ukrainian Scientific Book in a Foreign Language).

          Explosive development of contemporary plasma based thin film and coating technologies resulted in expanding thin film / coating uses in diverse areas like micro- and optoelectronics, communications and information processing technology, storage and display applications, all kinds of coatings (optical, decorative, environmental and wear resistant), biotechnology, generation and conversation of energy.

          Suggesting book is an attempt to fill the gap between great amount of literature devoted to applied and technological problems of films and coatings and the lack of fundamental knowledge about mechanisms of film / coating formation.