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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.

August 16, 2022Julissa GreenBlog, CVD, Most Popular, Semiconductors, Solar, Target Application

What is Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD)?

Introduction Chemical vapor deposition is a coating method that is commonly used to produce thin films and coatings of very high quality. Gaseous reactants are usually used in this process. In chemical vapor deposition, you transport one or more volatile precursors to the reaction chamber. The volatile precursors usually decompose on a heated substrate surface...

February 23, 2022Julissa GreenBlog, Evaporation Materials, Most Popular, PVD, Sputtering Target

Titanium Nitride Overview: Properties, Production, and Uses

Titanium nitride, also known as TiNite or TiN, is a chemical compound that is commonly used in coating objects. Titanium nitride thin film gives the coated object a gold color. It is widely used because it is less expensive than most other compounds with similar chemical properties. There are numerous commercial variants of titanium nitride, but...

February 14, 2022Julissa GreenBlog, Most Popular, Semiconductors, Target Application

P-type & N-type Silicon Semiconductors

Semiconductors are critically important in our world. The most significant application is in computerized or radio waves-powered electrical devices. These semiconductors are made of the widely abundant element, silicon. In fact, silicon is at the core of almost all kinds of electronic devices. One of the reasons why they are widely used in semiconductors is...

February 10, 2022Julissa GreenBlog, Metal, Most Popular, Target Application

An Introduction to White Metals

White meals are an important category of metals used in various industrial applications, just as alloys are. An old use of white metals is their referencing in the antique trade for describing items suspected of containing silver but not hallmarked. As an example, the term “white metal” is used in the British fine art trade...

December 15, 2021Julissa GreenBlog, Most Popular, Solar, Target Application

An Introduction to ITO – Indium Tin Oxide

One of the most widely used transparent conducting oxides is indium tin oxide (ITO) — and for very good reasons. Indium tin oxide is well known for its electrical conductivity, optical transparency, and how easy it is to deposit as a thin film. In most cases, thin films of ITO are deposited on surfaces by...

October 25, 2021Julissa GreenBlog, Case Study, Evaporation Materials, Most Popular, Targets Industry News

How to Clean Deposition Materials Shipped in Oil?

In order to protect some deposited materials from reacting with air or water vapor, they are usually immersed in low-viscosity (hydrocarbon) mineral oil during storage and shipment. Before installing these composition materials shipped in oil into the vacuum system, we must use solvents to remove these oils. The choice of solvents is based on the premise...

December 9, 2019Julissa GreenBlog, Most Popular, Sputtering Technology, Targets Industry News

How to Solve Common Problems in Magnetron Sputtering?

Magnetron sputtering, a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process, is the main thin film deposition method for manufacturing semiconductor, disk drive, CD and optical devices. The following are common problems in magnetron sputtering. We have listed possible causes and related solutions for your information. Here is a quick look that may save your time. Problem 1: The...

November 19, 2019Julissa GreenBlog, Cornerstone, Evaporation Materials, Most Popular, Sputtering Target, Sputtering Technology

Major Problems and Answers in Coating Technology

1. What types of coating technology can be divided into? (1) Vacuum coating (2) Electroplating (3) Chemical reaction (4) Heat treatment (5) Physical or mechanical treatment 2. What are the applications of plasma technology in surface technology? Sputter deposition: Sputtering is the use of high-speed ions to strike a solid sputter target, causing surface molecules...

November 2, 2019Julissa GreenBlog, Metal, Most Popular

Does Titanium Never Corrode?

Titanium can be alloyed with iron, aluminum, vanadium, and molybdenum to produce strong, lightweight alloys for aerospace (jet engines, missiles, and spacecraft), military, industrial processes (chemicals and petrochemicals, desalination plants, pulp, and paper), automotive, marine, human implants, and other applications. In addition to low density and high specific strength, another important advantage of titanium alloy...