Kurt Lesker group is providing a free vacuum technology workshop on Monday, September 19th, 2016. Lunch will be provided. Please email kayla.robinson@utah.edu to register.
Workshop Topics Include:
Introduction to Vacuum Technology Including:
- Absorption, Desorption, Diffusion and Permeation
- Gas–Solid Interactions
- Flow Regimes
- Conductance
- Vacuum Pump Technologies, Pumping Speed and Pump Throughput
- Detecting leaks in vacuum systems
Physical Vapor Deposition and Thin Film Growth Models Including:
- Thermal & E-beam evaporation
- Sputtering by Direct Current (DC) & Rf
- Cathodic Arc Deposition
- Thin Film Growth Models
- The Structure Zone model(s)
- Stress in thin films
- Deposition rate and film characteristics
Course Schedule with approximate times
Monday, September 19th, 2016
- Introduction to Vacuum Technology 9:00 a.m. to
12:00pm. - Physical Vapor Deposition and Thin Film Growth
Models: 12:30pm – 4:00pm - Lunch will be provided to registered attendees (please email kayla.robinson@utah.edu to register)
Location: SMBB Auditorium, Room 2650, University of Utah Campus
Contact: Amy VanRoosendaal, Utah Nanofab, 36 S. Wasatch Drive, SMBB Room 2515, Salt Lake City, UT
84112