Some Questions of Vacuum Technology During the Deposition of Thin Films

Abstract

The structure and properties of thin films obtained by thermal vaporization in a vacuum are determined to a considerable degree by the conditions of condensation and depend on temperature of vaporization, rate of condensation, and angle of incidence of deposited substance on the base layer; nature of the base layer, its degree of purity, and microrelief of the surface; the degree of evacuation and the composition of residual gases during condensation. The parameters of the above categories are discussed briefly in this article. The conclusion is that as the change in the properties of films is influenced decisively in many cases not by the absolute magnitude of the vacuum, but by the magnitude of partial pressures of definite gases and vapors, their removal from the working volume by selective evacuation is a simpler and more real solution to the problem of obtaining pure films than the superhigh vacuum.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 17, 1971
Accession Number
AD0731900

Entities

People

  • B. S. Danilin
  • V. Ye. Minaichev

Organizations

  • Air Force Systems Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesion
  • Adsorption
  • Celestial Brightness
  • Coefficients
  • Contamination
  • Electrical Resistance
  • Evacuation
  • High Vacuum
  • Materials
  • Partial Pressure
  • Physical Properties
  • Sorption
  • Surface Properties
  • Thin Films
  • Vacuum
  • Vaporization
  • Vapors

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Nanofabrication and Microfabrication.
  • Systems Analysis and Design