PVD: Thermal Evaporation

q3k commented

2025-05-24 10:28:44 +00:00

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⇒ Wikipedia

Eg. for Aluminium. The simpler of the two PVD options (#37 is the alternative).

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Making patterned mirrors and ITO glass with a thermal evaporator — Applied Science (YouTube)

⇒ [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporation_(deposition)) Eg. for Aluminium. The simpler of the two PVD options (#37 is the alternative). ## References - [Making patterned mirrors and ITO glass with a thermal evaporator — Applied Science (YouTube)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds-jtwXbLAk)

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2025-05-24 10:28:48 +00:00

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q3k added a new dependency 2025-05-24 10:29:18 +00:00

#57 Metal thin film deposition

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rahix referenced this issue

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Metal thin film deposition #57

rahix changed title from ~~PVD: Thermal evaporation of metals~~ to PVD: Thermal Evaporation

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Thermal Evaporation Coater #121

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#121 Thermal Evaporation Coater

rahix commented

2026-04-20 10:21:18 +00:00

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@q3k do you want to assign this to yourself as you are working on it a lot at the moment?

q3k commented

2026-05-14 14:30:05 +00:00

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Yes. But I'm not actually sure what the completion criteria here are... Because we can evaporate stuff acceptably well to go on with further processes, but of course stuff can continue to be tweaked and improved.

q3k self-assigned this 2026-05-14 14:30:11 +00:00

rahix commented

2026-05-14 14:56:47 +00:00

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My philosophy is this: Base capability enablement is the criteria for marking an element completed. So the ability to do "something useful" with it.

Further improvement is either implicit or, if a large step in capability unlocks important new paths, add further elements depending on this one for each stage. Similar to the chain of resolution capabilities with the STM in #47.

But always keeping in mind the golden rule of only modelling that which is useful. I think a good indicator is whether you can find other elements that should depend on an increased capability because they simply have no chance of working with the base capability.

Hope this makes sense? ^^

My philosophy is this: Base capability enablement is the criteria for marking an element completed. So the ability to do "something useful" with it. Further improvement is either implicit or, if a large step in capability unlocks important new paths, add further elements depending on this one for each stage. Similar to the chain of resolution capabilities with the STM in #47. But always keeping in mind the golden rule of only modelling that which is useful. I think a good indicator is whether you can find other elements that should depend on an increased capability because they simply have no chance of working with the base capability. Hope this makes sense? ^^

rahix commented

2026-05-14 14:58:27 +00:00

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Maybe something like "defined thickness thermal evaporation" is a further step we will need? I have to admit, I'm still too far away from all the details of what matters here...

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