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The LiF target preparation on self-supporting Ag backing (LiF/Ag) is discussed in a detailed manner using vacuum evaporation process. The target thickness is measured using the energy loss of three line alpha source. 183.74 {\mu}g/cm 2…
Silver (Ag) is considered an ideal material for plasmonic applications in the visible wavelength regime due to its superior optical properties, but its use is limited by the poor chemical stability and structural quality of thermally…
The preparation of Ag 2+x Se thin films with thicknesses between 4 nm and 3000 nm by pulsed laser deposition on single crystalline NaCl and MgO substrates is reported. The films are perfectly dense and show a good lateral uniformity with a…
Silver (Ag) mirrors for astronomical telescopes consist of multiple metallic and dielectric thin films. Furthermore, the topmost surface of such Ag mirrors needs to be covered by a protection coating. While the protection coating is often…
Spray deposition and inkjet printing of various nanostructures are emerging complementary methods for creating conductive coatings on different substrates. In comparison to established deposition techniques like vacuum metal coating and…
In this study, we regulate adhesion between thin metal films to produce a large-area vacuum nanogap for electron tunneling. Multilayer structures comprising thin metal films with adjustable adhesion were fabricated. The Cu/Ag/Ti/Si…
Functional materials with high electrical conductivity and optical transmittance are vital for thermally tunable free-space photonic systems. Conventional transparent conductors such as graphene and indium tin oxide are limited by high…
Resistive heating and mechanical rolling methods have been employed to prepare isotopically enriched thin target foils of 116Sn (~380 \mu g/cm2), 124Sn(~400 \mu g/cm2) and thicker foils of 112Sn (1.7 mg/cm2),120Sn (1.6 mg/cm2),respectively.…
Thin films have found a wide variety of applications because of the substantial improvement in their properties as compared to bulk metals. Metal oxide thin films are increasingly being used in various fields and are especially important in…
Superconducting thin films have been prepared in a two-step in-situ process, using the Mg-B plasma generated by pulsed laser ablation. The target was composed of a mixture of Mg and MgB2 powders to compensate for the volatility of Mg and…
We have designed and constructed a thin film preparation chamber with base pressure of $<2 \times 10^{-9}$~mbar. Currently, the chamber is equipped with two large area evaporators (a molecular evaporator and an electron-beam evaporator), an…
Resistive switching memories allow electrical control of the conductivity of a material, by inducing a high resistance (OFF) or a low resistance (ON) state, using electrochemical and ion transport processes. As alternative to high…
Ordered Ag nanowire arrays with high aspect ratio and high density self-supporting Ag nanowire patterns were successfully prepared using potentiostatic electrodeposition within the confined nanochannels of a commercial porous anodic…
This paper reports an effective method of stabilizing ultrathin Silver (Ag) films on substrates using a filler metal (Zn). Ag films with a thickness < 15 nm were deposited by DC magnetron sputtering above a Zn filler metal on glass, quartz,…
There is a demand for the manufacture of ultra low-loss metallic films with high-quality single crystals and surface for quantum optics and quantum information processing. Many researches are devoted to alternative materials, but silver is…
Nano-composite films of Tin Sulfide (SnS) and silver (Ag) fabricated by thermal evaporation showed two prominent peaks in the visible region of their extinction spectra. Theoretical modeling of the extinction spectra suggest that these two…
Thin, uniform arsenic targets suitable for high-fidelity cross section measurements in stacked-target experiments were prepared by electrodeposition of arsenic on titanium backings from aqueous solutions. Electrolytic cells were constructed…
We characterize low-loss electron-beam evaporated niobium thin films deposited under ultra-high vacuum conditions. Slow deposition yields films with a high superconducting transition temperature ($9.20 \pm 0.06 \rm ~K$) as well as a…
Superconducting thin films have been prepared on Si-substrates, using pulsed laser deposition from a target composed of a mixture of Mg and MgB2 powders. The films were deposited at room temperature and post-annealed at 600 degrees C. The…
We have used the two-step growth technique, quench condensing followed by an anneal, to grow ultra thin films of silver on glass substrates. As has been seen with semiconductor substrates this process produces a metastable homogeneous…