Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films: Applications-Led Growth of Functional Materials

Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Pulsed Laser Deposition of Thin Films: Applications-Led Growth of Functional Materials

Editor(s): Robert Eason

Published Online: 6 MAR 2006

Print ISBN: 9780471447092

Online ISBN: 9780470052129

DOI: 10.1002/0470052120

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Edited by major contributors to the field, this text summarizes current or newly emerging pulsed laser deposition application areas. It spans the field of optical devices, electronic materials, sensors and actuators, biomaterials, and organic polymers. Every scientist, technologist and development engineer who has a need to grow and pattern, to apply and use thin film materials will regard this book as a must-have resource.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xxiii)

  2. Section I

    1. Chapter 1

      Pulsed Laser Deposition of Complex Materials: Progress Toward Applications (pages 1–31)

      David P. Norton

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      Index (pages 649–682)

  3. Section 2

    1. Chapter 2

      Resonant Infrared Pulsed Laser Ablation and Deposition of Thin Polymer Films (pages 33–61)

      Daniel-Dennis McAlevy Bubb and Richard F. Haglund

    2. Chapter 3

      Deposition of Polymers and Biomaterials Using the Matrix-Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) Process (pages 63–83)

      Alberto Piqué

    3. Chapter 4

      In Situ Diagnostics by High-Pressure RHEED During PLD (pages 85–97)

      Guus Rijnders and Dave H. A. Blank

    4. Chapter 5

      Ultrafast Laser Ablation and Film Deposition (pages 99–129)

      Eugene G. Gamaly, Andrei V. Rode and Barry Luther-Davies

    5. Chapter 6

      Cross-Beam PLD: Metastable Film Structures from Intersecting Plumes (pages 131–160)

      Andreé Gorbunoff

    6. Chapter 7

      Combinatorial Pulsed Laser Deposition (pages 161–176)

      Ichiro Takeuchi

    7. Chapter 8

      Growth Kinetics During Pulsed Laser Deposition (pages 177–190)

      Guus Rijnders and Dave H. A. Blank

    8. Chapter 9

      Large-Area Commercial Pulsed Laser Deposition (pages 191–213)

      Jim Greer

  4. Section 3

    1. Chapter 10

      Coating Powders for Drug Delivery Systems Using Pulsed Laser Deposition (pages 215–237)

      James D. Talton, Barbel Eppler, Margaret I. Davis, Andrew L. Mercado and James M. Fitz-Gerald

    2. Chapter 11

      Transparent Conducting Oxide Films (pages 239–260)

      Heungsoo Kim

    3. Chapter 12

      ZnO and ZnO-Related Compounds (pages 261–289)

      Jacques Perrière, Eric Millon and Valentin Craciun

    4. Chapter 13

      Group III Nitride Growth (pages 291–312)

      Donagh O'Mahony and James G. Lunney

    5. Chapter 14

      Pulsed Laser Deposition of High-Temperature Superconducting Thin Films and Their Applications (pages 313–331)

      Bernd Schey

    6. Chapter 15

      Diamond-Like Carbon: Medical and Mechanical Applications (pages 333–361)

      Roger J. Narayan

    7. Chapter 16

      Pulsed Laser Deposition of Metals (pages 363–382)

      Hans-Ulrich Krebs

  5. Section 4

    1. Chapter 17

      Optical Waveguide Growth and Applications (pages 383–420)

      Robert W. Eason, Stephen J. Barrington, Christos Grivas, Timothy C. May-Smith and David P. Shepherd

    2. Chapter 18

      Biomaterials: New Issues and Breakthroughs for Biomedical Applications (pages 421–459)

      Valentin Nelea, Ion N. Mihailescu and Miroslav Jelínek

    3. Chapter 19

      Thermoelectric Materials (pages 461–485)

      Anne Dauscher and Bertrand Lenoir

    4. Chapter 20

      Piezoelectrics (pages 487–532)

      Floriana Craciun and Maria Dinescu

    5. Chapter 21

      Ferroelectric Thin Films for Microwave Device Applications (pages 533–561)

      Chonglin Chen and Jim S. Horwitz

    6. Chapter 22

      Films for Electrochemical Applications (pages 563–584)

      Macarena J. Montenegro and Thomas Lippert

    7. Chapter 23

      Pulsed Laser Deposition of Tribological Coatings (pages 585–609)

      Andrey A. Voevodin, Jeffrey S. Zabinski and John G. Jones

  6. Section 5

    1. Chapter 24

      Laser Ablation Synthesis of Single-Wall Carbon Nanotubes: The SLS Model (pages 611–632)

      André Gorbunoff and Oliver Jost

    2. Chapter 25

      Quasicrystalline Thin Films (pages 633–648)

      Philip R. Willmott

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