Expertise: Methods

Vacuum deposition

Physical vapor deposition (PVD)

• Magnetron sputtering
• Reactive magnetron sputtering
• Evaporation: thermal, electron-beam, and cathodic arc
• Ion-beam sputtering

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD)

Liquid and powder processes

• Liquid spray
• Powder coating
• Electrostatic coating

Specialized software

• Optical coating design: OptiLayer, Essential Macleod, TFCalc, WVASE
• Finite-element modeling: FreeCAD, Gmsh, Elmer, ParaView
• Statistics: Minitab, JMP

Other methods of general familiarity

Printing and patterning: screen printing, pad printing, inkjet printing, photolithography, offset printing, xerography, aerosol jet, lithographic printing plates

Coating and transfer: curtain coating, slot-die coating, dip coating, spin coating, drawdown coating, spray, dye-sublimation, thermal transfer, hydrographic transfer

Plasma: thermal plasma

Electrochemical methods: metal deposition and conversion

Chemical methods: deposition and conversion