Indium Recycling: Rotary Vs. Planar Indium, CIG, and ITO Targets
The reclaim/recycling aspect of both rotary and planar indium-containing sputtering targets....
Sputtering Target
Quality, Service, Reliability in the Copper-Indium-Gallium (CIG) Rotary Sputtering Target Market
Our CIG (copper – indium – gallium) sputtering target customers demand many things from us as a vendor. Of course they do! The difference ...
Indium Wire
Indium wire is very different than the solder wire you find in hardware stores. To me, it’s like comparing a sports car and a go-kart. Each perf...
Ronnie Spraker and the World’s Only NanoFoil®/NanoBond® Production Team
Ronnie Spraker is the supervisor of our NanoFoil® production department. Everyday, Ronnie and his team make reactive foils that are used all over ...
Solder 101: Forms of Indium Metal
People use indium in many forms – to create many different products. Certain forms fit various applications. Here are some of the many forms of ...
Sputtering Targets, Powder or Cast?
Metal sputtering targets like the pure indium, CIG, and Cu/Ga targets we produce at Indium Corporation can be made in many different ways. All of thos...
Sputtering Targets for CIGS Cell Production
Few CIGS (copper indium gallium (di)selenide) cell manufacturers jump right to depositing the active CIG layer with a full-size rotary copper-indium-g...
Homogeneous CIG Powder
One of the most common misconceptions about CIG powder is that it is made up of individual copper particles, indium particles, and gallium particles.b...
Undiscovered: The Best New Use Of NanoFoil®
I’m still searching for the best use of NanoFoil®. Our customers have used it for LED and CPV die-attachment, sputtering target bonding, bat...
NanoFoil®: Protecting electronic components everywhere!
We have all seen the action movies where the hero drops in at the last minute to save the day against insurmountable odds. NanoFoil® is like...
Zero Stress Point Temperature for Bonding
At the SVC (Society of Vacuum Coaters) conference this year, I spoke about setting a “zero stress” temperature during target bonding. I&rs...
Optimize the Zero Stress Point
An important quote from Eliminating Bond Stresses of Sputtering Targets at Operating Temperatures is: “This suggests that a target bonded at one...