Controlling film thickness to precise specifications is essential for ensuring high yield in high-performance devices.

When materials are created on a nanometer scale -- just a handful of atoms thick -- even the thermal energy present at room temperature can cause structural ripples. How these ripples affect the ...

A study at Rice University found that miniaturization of thin film material can open the door to a new generation of ...

A research team has developed a next-generation thin-film material technology that significantly improves the durability of energy and electronic devices. This technology, which combines organic ...

The global market for flexible thin films, valued at approximately USD 14,599.9 million in 2025, is projected to reach around ...

A team of physicists uncovered a strange twist in how superconductors behave when they’re reduced to just a few atomic layers ...

Thin film devices, composed of layers of materials a few nanometers thick, play an important role in various technologies, from semiconductors to communication technologies. For instance ...

Technology for converting solar energy into thermal energy is ever evolving and has numerous applications. A breakthrough in the laboratory of Professor My Ali El Khakani at Institut national de la ...

Bee products such as honey, pollen, and propolis loaded thin films were evaluated according to their potential as wound ...

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are using machine learning (ML) to identify subtle changes in ...

Thin film photovoltaics are solar cells manufactured by depositing one or more thin layers of photovoltaic material onto a substrate. Unlike conventional crystalline silicon solar cells ...