What are Thin Film Applications?
A thin film application involves a very fine, or thin layer of material that can be so small, ranging from fractions of a nanometer in thickness to several micrometers in size. Examples of applications that benefit from thin film applications include optical coatings for a lens or mirror, and electronic semiconductor devices. Think of any of a number of mirrors, like the one you find in your bathroom. Household mirrors are typically made up of a sheet of glass that has a very fine application of thin film, which gives the mirror the ability to reflect images. The performance of an optical mirror will depend on the thickness of the thin film application. As you can probably imagine, the thickness of the coating will enhance an optical mirror more so than a thinner coating can.
Thin film applications can also be used for product protection purposes. For example, the use of ceramic thin films, which have become quite the popular protective application, because of its ability to harden, can protect substrate materials against general wear and tear, corrosive particles and elements, and oxidation. Placing ceramic thin films on cutting tools has also proven to be advantageous, as the protective coating can extend the life of these types of tools by giving it strength and durability it otherwise would not have in its regular form.
2014-09-02 03:34:00
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