'Thin films & coatings' Roadmap - Nano Mahidol

Table of contents
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................4
1.1 Background......................................................................................................................4
1.2 Goals ................................................................................................................................4
1.3 Methodology ....................................................................................................................4
1.3.1 Collection and synthesis of relevant existing information...................................4
1.3.2 Selection of topics .................................................................................................5
1.3.3 Roadmaps elaboration..........................................................................................5
1.4 Structure of this report ....................................................................................................6
2 ‘Thin films & coatings’ Roadmap..............................................................................................7
2.1 Definition of thin films ......................................................................................................7
2.2 Most remarkable properties of thin films........................................................................8
2.3 The Thin films & coatings’ pipeline ............................................................................. 10
2.3.1 Thin films’ production & application .................................................................. 12
2.3.2 Thin films’ post-treatment .................................................................................. 17
2.3.3 Patterning methods ............................................................................................ 19
2.3.4 Thin films’ applications....................................................................................... 23
2.4 Non technological aspects........................................................................................... 36
2.4.1 Legal aspects (incl. patenting systems)............................................................ 36
2.4.2 Infrastructure requirements and instrumentation cost ..................................... 36
2.4.3 Health, safety and environmental aspects ....................................................... 38
2.5 Conclusions .................................................................................................................. 39
2.5.1 Most relevant applications ................................................................................. 39
2.5.2 EU positioning in the field .................................................................................. 40
2.5.3 Final conclusions and recommendations ......................................................... 41
Annex I. List of Participants.......................................................................................................... 46
Annex II. Participants’ background .............................................................................................. 48
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