TY - BOOK AU - Kumar,Sushil AU - Aswal,D.K. ED - SpringerLink (Online service) TI - Recent Advances in Thin Films T2 - Materials Horizons: From Nature to Nanomaterials, SN - 9789811561160 AV - TA418.7-418.76 U1 - 620.44 23 PY - 2020/// CY - Singapore PB - Springer Singapore, Imprint: Springer KW - Materials—Surfaces KW - Thin films KW - Tribology KW - Corrosion and anti-corrosives KW - Coatings KW - Surfaces (Physics) KW - Interfaces (Physical sciences) KW - Optical materials KW - Electronic materials KW - Nanotechnology KW - Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films KW - Tribology, Corrosion and Coatings KW - Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films KW - Optical and Electronic Materials N1 - Thin Film and Significance of its Thickness -- Ultra-Thin Films on Complex Metallic Alloy Surfaces: A Perspective -- Growth Defects in PVD Hard Coatings -- Growth Dynamics of Epitaxial Gallium Nitride Films grown on c-Sapphire Substrates -- High-Density Nonmagnetic Cobalt in Cobalt Thin Films -- Synthesis, Stability and Self-Diffusion in Iron Nitride Thin Films: A Review -- Photoelectron Energy Loss Spectroscopy: A Versatile Tool for Material Science -- MoS2- and MoO3-Based Ultrathin Layered Materials for Optoelectronic Applications N2 - This volume comprises the expert contributions from the invited speakers at the 17th International Conference on Thin Films (ICTF 2017), held at CSIR-NPL, New Delhi, India. Thin film research has become increasingly important over the last few decades owing to the applications in latest technologies and devices. The book focuses on current advances in thin film deposition processes and characterization including thin film measurements. The chapters cover different types of thin films like metal, dielectric, organic and inorganic, and their diverse applications across transistors, resistors, capacitors, memory elements for computers, optical filters and mirrors, sensors, solar cells, LED's, transparent conducting coatings for liquid crystal display, printed circuit board, and automobile headlamp covers. This book can be a useful reference for students, researchers as well as industry professionals by providing an up-to-date knowledge on thin films and coatings. UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-6116-0 ER -