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Thin Film Vacuum Coating

Vacuum Coating by Sputtering

Vacuum Coating by SputteringVacuum coating by sputtering has established a leading position for the deposition of thin films. This is because of its relatively easy scalability to high volumes and sizes, its good control of most layer characteristics, and its wide variety of available materials and possible coating stacks. Moreover, the technology is commonly accepted and widely used in the architectural and automotive industries. However, in display and PV applications, the use of rotatable technology has been introduced more recently.

Within the large area coating business, the rotating cylindrical magnetron concept has proven to offer superior properties relative to the planar concept and to satisfy most industrial requirements. The geometry and sputter performance of rotating cylindrical sputter targets result in several advantages relative to planar sputter targets.

Highly Trained Staff at Kamis Waiting to Assist You!

Kamis is adept at complex composite synthesis and alloy preparation for hot pressed ceramics and vacuum cast targets. We employ a range of melting, crushing, screening, and blending techniques to formulate non-standard and one off R&D compounds. Complete material characterization is performed and provided on all thin film materials. Contact Kamis with any queries concerning Vacuum coating by sputtering.

Coatings are available in a large range for many different applications. The properties of these coatings can and have been improved. This is done by the addition of other elements such as vanadium, yttrium, chromium etc. Also by the development of multilayers by material design. If you have a particular question or request, please do not hesitate to contact Kamis. We always endeavor to accommodate your specific needs.

Our highly trained and certified staff can handle the manufacture of both standard OEM sputter system backing plates and customer-designed units. Customers will receive properly finished sealing surfaces and tight-toleranced dimensions.

Kamis serves the growing demands of the vacuum thin film coating industry. Our commitment to quality products, timely customer service and industry leading deliveries has been the cornerstone of our success. In conclusion, Kamis offers the thin film industry virtually any ceramic, precious, or non-precious PVD material.

Sputtering Metals for Thin Film Deposits

Sputtering MetalsFind quality sputtering metals for the thin film deposition manufacturing process at Kamis. Sputtering process is used in a variety of applications such as flat panel displays, optical discs, automotive and architectural glass, web coating, hard coatings, optical communications, solar cells, semiconductors, magnetic data storage devices, electron microscopy, and decorative applications.

Typical materials used in these applications and available at Kamis are Copper, Chromium, Chromium-Molybdenum, Aluminium, Titanium, Aluminium-Titanium, Tungsten, Nickel, Silicon, Indium and Silver, amongst others. You have exact and precise purity requirements for your thin film deposition needs. The technical staff at Kamis is ready with expert knowledge to personally help you with your projects.

Sputtering process can be used for depositing thin films from a wide range of materials on to different substrates. Although process parameters make sputtering a complex process, they allow a greater degree of control over the film’s growth and structure. Consequently, Kamis knows the quality of thin film coating is a critical component and depends on obtaining unmatched purity of materials.

Call Kamis for Sputtering Metals and all your Thin Film Vacuum Coating questions.


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Got specific requirements or Questions about sputtering targets, evaporation material, crucible liners, metal foil, sheet, plate, or rod and wire? The technical staff at KAMIS is ready to provide expert knowledge to assist you with your project.

Therefore, contact KAMIS today at 845-628-6173. Click the blue button below for quick answers and attention from our knowledgeable staff.

KAMIS prides itself on consistently providing high quality materials and dependable service. We stand behind every product we deliver. If you are ever unsatisfied with your material, contact KAMIS for a full replacement or refund.

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The entire support staff and sales engineers at KAMIS are always available during business hours. Call us to answer your technical questions and offer guidance on your projects.

Finally, our expertise and commitment to supplying high quality products and service has enabled KAMIS to earn thousands of satisfied customers around the world.

Sputtered Films and Sputtering Targets

Kamis Sputtered Films for the Deposition of Thin and Sputtered Films

Sputtered FilmsSputtering is one of the most popular technologies for deposition of thin films or Sputtered Films. Although sputtering was first developed about 200 years ago, since World War II it has become increasingly important. This includes the creation of innovative devices. Also becoming fundamental in sustaining the growing demand for semiconductor circuits and other electronic devices.

Sputtering targets have found increasing penetration not in electronics. Additionally, it is in use in sectors such as mechanical/chemical, energy, optical coating, and life science, among others.

Fabrication processes for thin films

For decades sputtering was primarily used in microelectronics for fabrication of semiconductor devices. Though in recent years, the semiconductor industry transitions to new processes that allow for the fabrication of thin films below 20 nm.  Sputtering has found alternative sources of demand in other industry segments. It is used variously in such products as flat panel displays and solar cell manufacturing.

In fact, over time the availability of sputtering materials has expanded. This meets the requirements of the most varied applications within the electronics, mechanical/chemical, energy, optical coatings, life science, and food packaging sectors.


Got specific requirements or Questions about sputtering targets, evaporation material, crucible liners, metal foil, sheet, plate, or rod and wire? The technical staff at KAMIS is ready to provide expert knowledge to assist you with your project.

Therefore, contact KAMIS today at 845-628-6173 or click the blue button below for quick answers and attention from our knowledgeable staff.

KAMIS prides itself on consistently providing high quality materials and dependable service. We stand behind every product we deliver. If you are ever unsatisfied with your material, contact KAMIS for a full replacement or refund.

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The entire support staff and sales engineers at KAMIS are always available during business hours. Call us to answer your technical questions and offer guidance on your projects.

Finally, our expertise and commitment to supplying high quality products and service has enabled KAMIS to earn thousands of satisfied customers around the world.

Thin Film Vacuum Coating

Metal Targets During Sputtering

KAMIS Consistently Provides High Quality Metal Targets

Metal TargetsKAMIS provides a range of forms, sizes and configurations of pure PVD sputtering metal targets for thin film coating applications. Consequently, our metal sputtering targets are guaranteed for reproducibility, homogeneity and uniformity.

When a Cu surface is sputtered by ion bombardment under the condition that Mo atoms arrive at the Cu surface during sputtering an unexpected phenomenon can arise: the surface of the Cu target becomes covered with microscopic cones. Also contact KAMIS about Au, Pt, Gd, Be, Ca, Sm, Ag, W, Zn, Ti, Nb, Pd, Sc, Cr, Rh, Mn, metal sputtering targets.

Dense Cone Coverage and Sputtering Yield

The cone density increases with increasing flux density of arriving Mo atoms. When the cones are closely spaced they give the target a velvet-like black appearance. The result of dense cone coverage are a lower sputtering yield and a more oblique ejection of sputtered material.

Finally, the cone tops seem to consist of Mo nuclei which are constantly replenished via surface migration and protect the underlying Cu from being sputtered.


Got specific requirements or Questions about sputtering targets, evaporation material, crucible liners, metal foil, sheet, plate, or rod and wire? The technical staff at KAMIS is ready to provide expert knowledge to assist you with your project.

Contact KAMIS today at 845-628-6173 or click the blue button below for quick answers and attention from our knowledgeable staff.

KAMIS prides itself on consistently providing high quality materials and dependable service. We stand behind every product we deliver. If you are ever unsatisfied with your material, contact KAMIS for a full replacement or refund.

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The entire support staff and sales engineers at KAMIS are always available during business hours. Call us to answer your technical questions and offer guidance on your projects.

Our expertise and commitment to supplying high quality products and service has enabled KAMIS to earn thousands of satisfied customers around the world.

Thin Film Vacuum Coating

Thin Film Sputtering Composition Measure

Thin Film Sputtering Composition Technique in the Sputtering Process

Thin Film SputteringSecondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) is a Thin Film Sputtering technique. Used in materials, this science studies the composition of thin films and solid surfaces. Implemented by using the sputtering the sample’s surface with a focused primary ion beam.

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in studying dopants and contaminants in thin layers near surface in samples. This is due to device structures get smaller and smaller.

SIMS can be used for examining the elementary composition of the surface as well as near surface region of samples. Measured sensitivity is down to parts per billion. In order to get the maximum performance from the device, atmospheric contaminants with low atomic weight such as and oxygen (O), carbon (C), and hydrogen (H) should have low concentration levels.

SIMS: A High Sensitivity Surface Analysis Technique

In SIMS analysis, contamination of hydrocarbons on the surface of the sample to be assessed may produce incorrect results. Hydrocarbons exist abundantly in ambient atmosphere. Therefore, these often deposit on the surface of samples when exposed to air.

During SIMS analysis, the atmospheric contamination on the surface can be embedded into the sample by means of a primary ion beam. Consequently, this contamination leads to distorted or spurious profiles. Therefore, it is very important for operators to know whether they are determining the surface’s composition, or just viewing an artifact caused by contamination.


Got specific requirements or Questions about sputtering targets, evaporation material, crucible liners, metal foil, sheet, plate, or rod and wire? The technical staff at KAMIS is ready to provide expert knowledge to assist you with your project.

Contact KAMIS today at 845-628-6173 or click the blue button below for quick answers and attention from our knowledgeable staff.

KAMIS prides itself on consistently providing high quality materials and dependable service. We stand behind every product we deliver. If you are ever unsatisfied with your material, contact KAMIS for a full replacement or refund.

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The entire support staff and sales engineers at KAMIS are always available during business hours to answer your technical questions and offer guidance on your projects.

Our expertise and commitment to supplying high quality products and service has enabled KAMIS to earn thousands of satisfied customers around the world.

Thin Film Vacuum Coating

Sputtering Target Bonding Preferred Method

Sputtering Target Bonding Methods

Sputtering Target BondingMetallic bonding delivers excellent thermal conductivity and is recommended for most sputtering target bonding applications.

The most effective metallic bonding is with indium and is the preferred Kamis sputtering target bonding method. Kamis uses only high purity indium for the majority of its bonding, to ensure the strongest bond between a sputtering target and a backing plate. Indium also offers enhanced elasticity to accommodate any expansion of the target when in use.

Another advantage of bonding sputtering targets is continued use if cracking occurs during thermal shock. Without bonding to a backing plate, a crack in a sputtering target is considered unusable.

Hot pressed targets are one of the best candidates for bonding; however Kamis can bond almost any type of sputtering target to a backing plate. If you are unsure if your sputtering target should be bonded, feel free to contact us for specific advice about your target and sputtering system requirements.

Most sputtering targets are bonded to copper backing plates or copper sheet, as this material offers enhanced thermal conductivity. Kamis also offers other sputtering target backing plate options including stainless steel, molybdenum and aluminum.

Additionally, Kamis stocks numerous sputtering targets and backing plates in a wide variety of sizes and purities to work with multiple sputtering systems. Kamis also offers custom alloys and composites manufactured to your sputtering target specifications.

Kamis can bond a sputtering target to a new backing plate or to your previously used backing plate. Additionally, we have experience in bonding to a variety of backing plates including ones with holes, clips and other variations.

In addition to bonding, Kamis also offers a de-bonding service to remove your spent sputtering target from your backing plate. High purity sputtering targets can be reclaimed when the target is no longer usable for sputtering.

The Kamis sales engineers are available to answer your unique sputtering target questions!


Got specific requirements or Questions about sputtering targets, evaporation material, crucible liners, metal foil, sheet, plate, or rod and wire? The technical staff at KAMIS is ready to provide expert knowledge to assist you with your project.

Contact KAMIS today at 845-628-6173 or click the blue button below for quick answers and attention from our knowledgeable staff.

KAMIS prides itself on consistently providing high quality materials and dependable service. We stand behind every product we deliver. If you are ever unsatisfied with your material, contact KAMIS for a full replacement or refund.

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The entire support staff and sales engineers at KAMIS are always available during business hours to answer your technical questions and offer guidance on your projects.

Our expertise and commitment to supplying high quality products and service has enabled KAMIS to earn thousands of satisfied customers around the world.

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Sputtering Target and Thin Film Deposition

Sputtering Target: It’s Always Kamis!

Sputtering TargetThe Sputtering Target process is where particles are ejected from a solid target material due to bombardment of the target by energetic particles, particularly gas ions in a laboratory and is capable of depositing thin films from varied materials onto a diverse substrate sizes and shapes. Kamis provides materials such as Aluminum, Lithium, Barium, Copper, Gold, Silver and many more which can be utilized in your sputtering target and thin film deposition applications. To identify the best material for your projects, please call or email Kamis, or click the Blue Button below!

Some Sputtering Targets and Evaporation Materials Applications: Electronics, Magnetic Data Storage, Displays, Semiconductors, Sensors, Industrial, Wear Resistant, Corrosion Resistant, Heat Resistant, Energy, Photovoltaic Cells, Solar Thermal Collectors, Batteries, Optics, Microscopes, Camera Lenses, Automobile Mirrors.

KAMIS prides itself on consistently providing high quality materials and dependable service. We stand behind every product we deliver. If you are ever unsatisfied with your material, contact KAMIS for a full replacement or refund.


Got specific requirements or Questions about sputtering targets, evaporation materials, crucible liners, metal foil, sheet, plate, or rod and wire? The technical staff at KAMIS is ready to provide expert knowledge to assist you with your project.

Contact KAMIS today at 845-628-6173 or click the blue button below for quick answers and attention from our knowledgeable staff.

KAMIS prides itself on consistently providing high quality materials and dependable service. We stand behind every product we deliver. If you are ever unsatisfied with your material, contact KAMIS for a full replacement or refund.

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The entire support staff and sales engineers at KAMIS are always available during business hours to answer your technical questions and offer guidance on your projects.

Our expertise and commitment to supplying high quality products and service has enabled KAMIS to earn thousands of satisfied customers around the world.