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Stanford Advanced Materials (SAM) Corporation is a global supplier of various sputtering targets such as metals, alloys, oxides, ceramic materials. We update every week about news and knowledge of sputtering targets and evaporation materials. Here are the blogs we published previously.

March 1, 2023Blog, Thin film Coating, Wafer

Gallium Arsenide Wafer VS. Silicon Wafer

Introduction With the development of electronic devices, people pay more and more attention to wafers, chips, semiconductors, and integrated circuits. Everyone is trying to figure out the essence of chips. Their mind is full of questions. What is a wafer? What is a chip? What about their relations? What materials do we use to make...

February 21, 2023Blog, Rare Earth, Sputtering Target

An Overview of Terbium Sputtering Targets

Introduction Terbium sputtering targets are made from terbium metal. They are used widely in a range of sectors such as tool coatings, optics coatings, and solar coatings. Let’s have a detailed discussion about the features, production, and applications of terbium sputtering targets. Properties Terbium sputtering targets share similar features with terbium metal. Terbium the element...

February 13, 2023Blog, Sputtering Technology, Thin film Coating

Do Impurities Always Have A Negative Effect on Sputtering?

Introduction Purity is one of the prime performance requirements of target selection, which has been explained in our previous article. It takes countless money, time, and labor every year to separate impurities. However, do impurities always have a negative influence on sputtering? We are going to explore this question in this article with specific cases....

What Are the Most Important Characteristics of Target Selection？

February 6, 2023Blog, Sputtering Target, Targets Industry News

What Are the Most Important Characteristics of Sputtering Target Selection

1. Introduction to Sputtering Target Selection The target quality is rather significant for the coating process, and targets’ features are affected by a variety of parameters like purity, density, porosity, grain sizes, shapes, etc. The better the target quality is, the better performance we have, and the firmer the coating layers are. Here we will...

January 31, 2023Blog, Solar, Sputtering Target, Target Application

Zirconium Sputtering Targets Used in Infrared Reflectors

Infrared reflectors are important components in solar thermal systems. They can enhance the performance, such as corrosion resistance, of solar selective coatings at high temperatures. Zirconium sputtering target is one of the emerging materials used to manufacture infrared reflectors, and it has many advantages over others. Read this article for more information. 1. The Solar Thermal System A...

January 10, 2023Blog, Sputtering Target, Target Application

Aluminum Target for Mirror Coatings

What is a Mirror Made Of? Mirrors are objects that reflect images. People have been making mirrors with stone, metals, and glass for thousands of years. Generally, a mirror is composed of transparent glass and a thin coating on the back. The layer on the back is both protective and functional. On one hand, it...

December 27, 2022Blog, Metal, Sputtering Target

Major Facts about Bismuth Sputtering Targets

Introduction to the Bismuth Sputtering Target What is a bismuth sputtering target? A bismuth sputtering target is a pure metal sputter target for film deposition. This product could be used to make thin films for multiple sectors, including semiconductors, glass coatings, LED, solar cells, and optical industries. Properties of bismuth target Bismuth (atomic symbol: Bi, atomic number: 83) is located in Period 6, Group 15, and...

December 23, 2022Blog, Target Application, Thin film Coating

An Overview Of Chrome Plating

One of the main applications of chromium is the production of stainless steel and chrome plating. The process of electroplating a thin layer of chromium onto a metal object can be done to add aesthetic appeal or to make the surface harder and more corrosion-resistant. Chrome plating can produce chromium layers as thin as 0.001...

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