Thin films have tremendous advantages over their bulk counterparts and have been widely used in micro- and nano-electronics. Basically, most of the materials can be grown as thin-film form, and various thin film growth techniques have been applied, such as magnetron sputtering, pulsed laser deposition (PLD), Metal-organic Chemical Vapor Deposition (MOCVD), Molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and so on. The high-quality thin films exhibit a variety of functionalities, including electrical, magnetic, optical properties, etc. These multifunctional thin films are used in different device fabrication.
This Research Topic aims to report the most recent research on thin film technology, from thin film growth to property investigation, to device integration. In addition, the special issue welcomes both experimental and theoretical works in the field of thin-film materials.
Contributions of all types of thin film related work are welcome and will be considered in the form of Original Research, Review, Mini Review articles. Interested areas include, but are not limited to:
1. Transparent conductive oxide thin films
2. Superconducting thin films
3. Thin film characterization
4. Multiferroic thin films
5. Thin films solar cells
6. Thin films lithium-ion battery
7. Magnetic thin films
8. Epitaxial growth
9. Gas sensor
10. Nanocomposite thin film
Keywords: thin film, oxide, epitaxial growth, magnetic property, electrical transport, optical property, thin-film device
Important note: All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
