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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A has a scope that is focused on the understanding of interfaces and surfaces at a fundamental level and to advance state-of-the-art technological applications of surface science and thin film materials science.
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April 09 2025
Angel Yanguas-Gil, Matthew T. Dearing et al.
In this work, we introduce an open-ended question benchmark, ALDbench, to evaluate the performance of large language models (LLMs) in materials synthesis, and, in particular, in the field of atomic ...
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March 18 2025
Georgi Popov, Miika Mattinen et al.
In this review, we highlight new atomic layer deposition (ALD) precursors and process chemistries based on the ALD database found in atomiclimits.com. The aim was to compare the processes before and ...
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March 17 2025
Alvaro J. Lizarbe, Kristopher S. Wright et al.
Traditionally, the smoothing of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) data has been avoided. Data smoothing should not be viewed as a means of “fixing” poorly collected or extremely noisy XPS data. ...
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March 27 2025
Tiffany C. Kaspar, Sarah Akers et al.
Thin film deposition is a fundamental technology for the discovery, optimization, and manufacturing of functional materials. Deposition by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) typically employs reflection ...
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March 24 2025
S. Kondati Natarajan, J. Schneider et al.
Atomistic modeling of thin-film processes provides an avenue not only for discovering key chemical mechanisms of the processes but also to extract quantitative metrics on the events and reactions ...
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March 20 2025
A. Y. Polyakov, I. V. Schemerov et al.
The electrical properties and deep trap spectra of semi-insulating Ga2O3(Fe) implanted with Si ions and subsequently annealed at 1000 °C were investigated. A significant discrepancy was observed ...
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May 13 2025
Hibiki Takeda, Haruto Suzuki et al.
A roll-to-roll system to continuously remove Cs ions from radioactive water requires cation absorbers deposited on flexible films. To deposit a cation absorber, aluminum silicate, on the polyethylene ...
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May 13 2025
T. Oppelstrup, N. Bertin et al.
We have developed a first-passage kinetic Monte Carlo approach for materials aging to investigate the sensitivity of void swelling to model parameters, including helium bubble density and size ...
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May 12 2025
Hsiao-Hsuan Wan, Fan Ren et al.
The correlation between the carrier removal rate (CRR) in n-type Ga2O3 and the nonionizing energy loss (NIEL) by MeV protons during irradiation of rectifier structures is reported. A dependence of ...
Perspective on improving the quality of surface and material data analysis in the scientific literature with a focus on x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
George H. Major, Joshua W. Pinder, et al.
Machine-learning-enabled on-the-fly analysis of RHEED patterns during thin film deposition by molecular beam epitaxy
Tiffany C. Kaspar, Sarah Akers, et al.
Low-resistivity molybdenum obtained by atomic layer deposition
Kees van der Zouw, Bernhard Y. van der Wel, et al.

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