Kurt Lesker Vacuum Technology Workshop

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

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