The Importance of Vacuum Leakage Detection

The Importance of Vacuum Leakage Detection

Report, Vacuum Coating System, Vacuum Pumps
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_row_inner css=".vc_custom_1717000964975{margin-right: 10px !important;margin-left: 10px !important;}"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=""] Leakage Detection in Vacuum Systems Any vacuum system may suffer leakages that prevents reaching the expected vacuum level to perform the required task. Lowering the gas pressure inside the vacuum chamber causes the atoms and molecules to release in the chamber or penetrate through the leakage sources like holes and cracks into the chamber and hinders evacuating it. (Read more about Effect of Chamber Pressure in Magnetron Sputtering)  Vacuum leakage detection methods can help to locate the leaks and seal the leakage sources. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=".vc_custom_1717000975045{background-color: #d9d9d9 !important;}"][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_cta h2="" txt_align="center" style="3d" color="mulled-wine" add_button="bottom" btn_title="Read More" btn_style="3d" btn_color="juicy-pink" btn_align="center" css="" btn_link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fblog%2Fchamber-ultimate-pressure-and-carbon-coating%2F|title:Effect%20of%20Chamber%20Ultimate%20Pressure%20on%20Carbon%20Coating|target:_blank"][/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_cta h2="" txt_align="center" style="3d" color="mulled-wine" add_button="bottom" btn_title="Vac Coat Products" btn_style="3d" btn_color="juicy-pink" btn_align="center" btn_link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fproducts%2F|target:_blank"][/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Signs of Leakages Recognizing the signs of leakages can…
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Why Should A Sputtering Target Be Back-Plated?

Why Should A Sputtering Target Be Back-Plated?

Sputtering, Report, Sputter Coater
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Why Back-Plated? Some sputtering targets are required to be used with a backing plate to improve the heat transfer from the target to the cathode for a sustainable sputtering deposition and to extend the target life. There are various back-plate bonding types and materials that should be chosen due to the target material, working temperature, and other parameters. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] [lwptoc backgroundColor="#d6d6d6" borderColor="#5b5b5b" skipHeadingText="Recent Posts|References|Some of Vac Coat Products|Sputter Coaters|Carbon Coaters|Sputter/Carbon|Thermal"] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_video link="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjEOoKi6qUo" css=".vc_custom_1715095057605{margin-top: 15px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1715095103572{margin-top: -20px !important;}"] How Triple Target Sputter Coater DST3-A Works? [/vc_column_text][vc_btn title="DST3" style="3d" color="juicy-pink" align="center" i_icon_fontawesome="fas fa-shopping-cart" add_icon="true" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fproducts%2Ftriple-target-sputter-coater-dst3%2F|title:DST3"][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=".vc_custom_1713978060874{background-color: #d9d9d9 !important;}"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] What is A Sputtering Target? Sputtering deposition is a widely used physical vapor deposition (PVD) technique to produce thin films with desired properties. Generally, in the sputtering method, ions…
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How Does Quartz Crystal Sensor (QCM) Work?

How Does Quartz Crystal Sensor (QCM) Work?

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[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] What is Quartz Crystal Microbalance or QCM? A quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) sensor is a piezoelectric crystal that detects the extra mass placed on it based on the change in its resonating frequency. The sensor surface can be functionalized to distinguish specific species, useful in bio-sensing or monitoring the environment. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/3"][vc_column_text] [lwptoc backgroundColor="#d6d6d6" borderColor="#5b5b5b" skipHeadingText="Recent Posts|References|Some of Vac Coat Products|Sputter Coaters|Carbon Coaters|Sputter/Carbon|Thermal"] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/kzmBK9mONq8?si=Yw7JRkWFZExfOtWb" css=".vc_custom_1714578623584{margin-top: 15px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1714040527814{margin-top: -20px !important;}"] Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM) working principle [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=".vc_custom_1713978060874{background-color: #d9d9d9 !important;}"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] What is A Piezoelectric Crystal? Solid materials whose atoms or molecules are regularly and repeatedly called crystals (The structure of these cells has a unit cell). Piezoelectric materials are electrically neutral and although the structures of the atoms of these materials are not symmetric, they neutralize each…
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Thin Film Deposition By Thermal Evaporation Method

Thin Film Deposition By Thermal Evaporation Method

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[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] What is Thermal Evaporation? Thermal evaporation is one of the most popular vacuum deposition method due to its notable merits like simple operation process and proper speed. The thermal evaporation process is one of the physical vapor deposition (PVD) methods in which a thin film of a heated source material is deposited onto the substrate. Different vacuum evaporation methods are named after the various thermal evaporation techniques, such as resistive thermal heating, electron beam evaporation, laser beam evaporation (As pulsed laser deposition method), molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), arc evaporation, and ion plating evaporation. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] [lwptoc backgroundColor="#d6d6d6" borderColor="#5b5b5b" skipHeadingText="Recent Posts|References|Some of Our Products|Sputter Coater|Carbon Coater|Sputter/Carbon|Thermal"] [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=".vc_custom_1706972218695{background-color: #d9d9d9 !important;}"][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_video link="https://youtu.be/I_RnlLafVt0" align="center" css=".vc_custom_1707146366485{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: 2px !important;}"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1711560150883{margin-top: -2px !important;}"] What Is PVD Coating? [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_cta h2=""…
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Selection Material for SEM Samples

Selection Material for SEM Samples

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[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text] Selection of Suitable Material for Preparing an Electron Microscope Sample Electron microscopy (EM) is a comprehensive characterization tool to explore micro-nano structures. The samples under study should be prepared before imaging by any type of electron microscopy, namely SEM, FESEM, or TEM. Coating the sample surface with a thin film of proper material, selection material for SEM samples, is one of the well-known preparation steps to achieve high-resolution, clear images. Vac Coat offers various vacuum coaters for SEM sample preparation. [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=".vc_custom_1717954492366{background-color: #d9d9d9 !important;}"][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_cta h2="" txt_align="center" style="3d" color="mulled-wine" el_width="xl" add_button="bottom" btn_title="Electron Microscope" btn_style="3d" btn_color="juicy-pink" btn_align="center" btn_css_animation="rotateInUpRight" btn_link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fblog%2Felectron-microscope%2F|title:What%20is%20an%20Electron%20Microscope%3F|target:_blank"] [/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_cta h2="" txt_align="center" style="3d" color="mulled-wine" el_width="xl" add_button="bottom" btn_title="What is FE-SEM?" btn_style="3d" btn_color="juicy-pink" btn_align="center" btn_css_animation="rotateInUpRight" btn_link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fblog%2Ffield-emission-scanning-electron-microscopy-fesem%2F|title:Field%20Emission%20Scanning%20Electron%20Microscopy%20(FE-SEM)|target:_blank"][/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=""] Vac Coat low vacuum sputter coater (DSR1), carbon coaters (DCR), and sputter and…
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Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) Technology

Ion Beam Sputtering (IBS) Technology

Sputtering, Report
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text] Introduction Ion beam sputtering (IBS) is a physical vapor deposition (PVD) method which provides the highest precision and control among all other thin film deposition methods like thermal evaporation, DC/RF magnetron sputtering and pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The high quality of IBS stems from low chamber pressure and high-energy ions striking the target(s). Offering various advantages from layer uniformity, stability, thickness control, and choice of material (metals, insulators, magnetic materials, refractory metals), ion beam sputtering is of interest to experts of optics, sensors (MEMS), thin film solar cells, and semiconductors. [/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner css=".vc_custom_1736265531937{background-color: #D9D9D9 !important;}"][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_cta h2="" txt_align="center" style="3d" color="mulled-wine" add_button="bottom" btn_title="More About PVD" btn_style="3d" btn_color="juicy-pink" btn_align="center" btn_css_animation="rotateInUpRight" btn_link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fblog%2Fphysical-vapor-deposition-pvd%2F|title:Physical%20Vapor%20Deposition%20(PVD)|target:_blank"][/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_cta h2="" txt_align="center" style="3d" color="mulled-wine" add_button="bottom" btn_title="What is PLD?" btn_style="3d" btn_color="juicy-pink" btn_align="center" btn_css_animation="rotateInUpRight" btn_link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fblog%2Fwhat-is-pulsed-laser-deposition-pld%2F|title:What%20is%20Pulsed%20Laser%20Deposition%20(PLD)%3F|target:_blank"][/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text css=""] Ion Beam Sputtering Ion…
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Thin Films Coating and Applications

Thin Films Coating and Applications

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[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] What is Thin Film and its Properties? A thin film is a layer of material with a thickness in the range of a nanometer to a few micrometers. Many industries make use of different deposition methods to create thin films. Thin films are widely used in our everyday life, such as the metal coated glass used as mirror in every home. Vac Coat as a manufacturer and designer of Vacuum Coating Systems, uses Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) methods, such as sputtering, thermal evaporation, and pulsed laser deposition (PLD), to create different types of them. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_btn title="Desk Sputter Coater – DSR1" style="3d" color="juicy-pink" align="center" css=".vc_custom_1711385958838{margin-top: -25px !important;}" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fproducts%2Fdesk-sputter-coater-dsr1%2F|title:Desk%20Sputter%20Coater%20%E2%80%93%20DSR1|target:_blank"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_cta h2="" txt_align="center" style="3d" color="mulled-wine" add_button="bottom" btn_title="Know More About Deposition" btn_style="3d" btn_color="juicy-pink" btn_align="center" btn_css_animation="rotateInUpRight" css="" btn_link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fblog%2Fdeposition%2F|title:Deposition%20Methods%20%7C%20Vacuum%20Deposition|target:_blank"][/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=".vc_custom_1711452301311{background-color: #d9d9d9 !important;}"][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] Why Thin Film are…
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Sputtering Process | Sputtering Deposition Method

Sputtering Process | Sputtering Deposition Method

Sputtering, Report, Sputter Coater
[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] An Overview of Sputtering Sputtering in physics is called to the process in which a plasma of high energy particles/ions knock out the species on the surface layer of a solid target. This phenomenon naturally happens in the outer space, constantly forming the universe and causes spacecraft’s corrosion. Here, on Earth, the science and industry make use of sputtering process to generate or eradicate thin films of nano/micrometer thickness for various applications in optics, electronics, etc. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=".vc_custom_1706972218695{background-color: #d9d9d9 !important;}"][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_btn title="Desk Sputter Coater – DSR1" style="3d" color="juicy-pink" align="center" css=".vc_custom_1703590839097{margin-top: -20px !important;}" link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fproducts%2Fdesk-sputter-coater-dsr1%2F|title:Desk%20Sputter%20Coater%20%E2%80%93%20DSR1|target:_blank"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_cta h2="" txt_align="center" style="3d" color="mulled-wine" add_button="bottom" btn_title="Thin Films" btn_style="3d" btn_color="juicy-pink" btn_align="center" btn_link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fblog%2Fthin-film-and-thin-films-types%2F|title:Thin%20Films%20Coating%20and%20Applications|target:_blank"][/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] What is Sputtering? Due to the collision of high-energy ions with the target material atoms, momentum transfer occurs between them. These ions,…
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Sample Preparation for Scanning Electron Microscopy

Sample Preparation for Scanning Electron Microscopy

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[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] What is the Purpose of Sample Preparation? Samples to be investigated by electron microscopy need preparation through various techniques to obtain the most accurate results. The sample preparation procedure may include steps such as washing, drying, fixation, mounting, and coating to achieve the best result. Not carrying out preparation steps before imaging may deteriorate the device's performance, image quality, and sample structure. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=".vc_custom_1711638044583{background-color: #d9d9d9 !important;}"][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_cta h2="" txt_align="center" style="3d" color="mulled-wine" add_button="bottom" btn_title="Know more about SEM" btn_style="3d" btn_color="juicy-pink" btn_align="center" btn_link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fblog%2Fscanning-electron-microscope-sem%2F|title:Scanning%20Electron%20Microscope%20(SEM)|target:_blank"][/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_cta h2="" txt_align="center" style="3d" color="mulled-wine" add_button="bottom" btn_title="Selection Material for SEM Samples" btn_style="3d" btn_color="juicy-pink" btn_align="center" btn_link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fblog%2Fselection-material-for-sem-samples%2F|title:Selection%20Material%20for%20SEM%20Samples|target:_blank"][/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] What is SEM? Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) is a powerful tool to achieve information on the structure and other nanoscale characteristics of a specimen. This type of electron microscopy provides nanoscale images which…
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Effect of Chamber Pressure in Magnetron Sputtering

Effect of Chamber Pressure in Magnetron Sputtering

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[vc_row][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text css=""] Effect of Chamber Pressure on Scattering of Sputtered Atoms and Growth Rate Working gas pressure during the magnetron sputtering deposition not only affects purity and quality of the layer, but plays an important role in transport of sputtered atoms to the substrate. How Magnetron Sputtering System Works? A magnetron sputtering system performance is mainly defined by parameters like magnetic field strength, plasma discharge power, depth of target erosion zone, working gas pressure and other structural and technological parameters. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=".vc_custom_1715533684436{background-color: #d9d9d9 !important;}"][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1715533116495{margin-top: -20px !important;}"] How does a Sputter Coater Work? [/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_cta h2="" txt_align="center" style="3d" color="mulled-wine" add_button="bottom" btn_title="Sputter Coaters" btn_style="3d" btn_color="juicy-pink" btn_align="center" btn_link="url:https%3A%2F%2Fvaccoat.com%2Fsputter-coater%2F|title:Sputter%20Coaters%20%7C%20High%20Resolution%20Sputtering%20System|target:_blank"][/vc_cta][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text] It is evident that the growth rate is directly related to the number of atoms reaching the substrate. Based on the elastic…
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