Recent advances in thin fims : [7th International Conference on Thin Films (ICTF-17), November 13, 2017, New Delhy

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. . Front Matter ....Pages i-x Thin Film and Significance of Its Thickness (Sushil Kumar, D. K. Aswal)....Pages 1-12 Ultra-Thin Films on Complex Metallic Alloy Surfaces: A Perspective (Vincent Fournée, Julian Ledieu, Émilie Gaudry, Hem-Raj Sharma, Ronan McGrath)....Pages 13-34 Growth Defects in PVD Hard Coatings (Miha Čekada, Peter Panjan, Aljaž Drnovšek, Matjaž Panjan, Peter Gselman)....Pages 35-73 Growth Dynamics of Epitaxial Gallium Nitride Films Grown on c-Sapphire Substrates (Shibin Krishna, Neha Aggarwal, Lalit Goswami, Govind Gupta)....Pages 75-101 High-Density Non-magnetic Cobalt in Cobalt Thin Films (B. N. Dev, Nasrin Banu)....Pages 103-130 Synthesis, Stability and Self-Diffusion in Iron Nitride Thin Films: A Review (Mukul Gupta)....Pages 131-179 Photoelectron Energy Loss Spectroscopy: A Versatile Tool for Material Science (Christian Godet, Denis G. F. David, Victor Mancir da Silva Santana, Jailton Souza de Almeida, Didier Sébilleau)....Pages 181-210 MoS2- and MoO3-Based Ultrathin Layered Materials for Optoelectronic Applications (Hongfei Liu)....Pages 211-244 Optoelectronic Properties of Nanocrystalline Silicon-Based Superlattice Structures (Pratima Agarwal, Asha Yadav)....Pages 245-279 Evolutionary Design, Deposition and Characterization Techniques for Interference Optical Thin-Film Multilayer Coatings and Devices (S. Jena, N. K. Sahoo)....Pages 281-343 Organic Thin Films: Langmuir Monolayers and Multilayers (Sarathi Kundu)....Pages 345-368 Thin Films for Electrocaloric Cooling Devices (Gunnar Suchaneck, Gerald Gerlach)....Pages 369-388 Colossal Humidoresistance Inducement in Magnesium Ferrite Thin Film Led to Green Energy Device Invention: Hydroelectric Cell (Jyoti Shah, Rekha Gupta, R. K. Kotnala)....Pages 389-411 Conducting Polymers and Their Composites Adding New Dimensions to Advanced Thermoelectric Materials (Meetu Bharti, Ajay Singh, K. P. Muthe, D. K. Aswal)....Pages 413-453 HWCVD: A Potential Tool for Silicon-Based Thin Films and Nanostructures (Rajiv O. Dusane)....Pages 455-478 Role of Ultrathin Electron Transport Layers in Performance of Dye-Sensitized and Perovskite Solar Cells (Vibha Saxena)....Pages 479-505 Optical Optimization of Thin-Film Polymer Solar Cells (Sanjay Tiwari, Ralph Gebauer)....Pages 507-547 Nanostructured Black Silicon for Efficient Thin Silicon Solar Cells: Potential and Challenges (Sanjay K. Srivastava, Prashant Singh, Avritti Srivastava, P. Prathap, Sushil Kumar, C. M. S. Rauthan et al.)....Pages 549-623 Chemiresistive Sensors for H2S Gas: State of the Art (Niranjan Ramgir, Ankita Pathak, K. R. Sinju, Bhagyashri Bhangare, A. K. Debnath, K. P. Muthe)....Pages 625-663 Substituted Phthalocyanine-Based Nanostructured Materials for Room-Temperature Gas Sensing Applications (Aman Mahajan, Rajan Saini, R. K. Bedi)....Pages 665-684 Hybrid Flexible Sensor (V. B. Patil)....Pages 685-702 Vanadium Oxide Thin Films for Optical and Gas Sensing Applications (Ravish Kumar Jain, Atul Khanna)....Pages 703-721