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Thin Films
Thin films are thin material layers ranging from fractions of a nanometre to several micrometres in thickness. Electronic semiconductor devices and optical coatings are the main applications benefiting from thin film construction. Some work is being done with ferromagnetic thin films as well for use as computer memory. It is also being applied to pharmaceuticals, via thin film drug delivery.
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Markets for Inorganic and Organic Thin-Film PV Encapsulation - 2012
Thin-film, DSC and organic PV are notoriously vulnerable to oxygen and water vapor; much more so than conventional crystalline silicon PV.
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