By Anye Chifen, Ph.D., senior technical executive, ENGICCS GmbH; and Eiichi Sasaki, Takayoshi Hirono, Kousuke Higashide and Wang Wei, ULVAC Editor’s Note: This technical article won the Best Paper Award for Vacuum Coating & Patterning at the premiere AIMCAL R2R Conference Asia, held in Daejon, South Korea, in May 2019. That event was co-organized by the Korea Research … [Read more...] about Stretching the limits: Ultra-thin polymer film R2R metallization for capacitor applications
Metallization
Benefits of in-register pattern metallization
By Fabiano Rimediotti, vacuum technologist, Nordmeccanica N.A., Vacuum Div. Abstract Selective, or pattern, metallization produces metallized substrates with metal-free areas, resulting in a variety of graphic effects. It is done by “masking” the incoming metal vapor by means of a special oil applied on selected areas of the film substrate with a dedicated … [Read more...] about Benefits of in-register pattern metallization