Talk:Physical vapor deposition

message: This article has a short list of applications for Physical Vapor Deposition, but what is the actual method or process for PVD, for example I was curious about how it's used in depositing Indium-Tin Oxide on LCD screens, and what purpose the ITO serves afterwards, and how PVD is the only method suitable to deposit it for this purpose. -TAz69x 08:07, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is a matter of cost. Sputtering is a very cost efficient way to deposit materials (I am not quite sure that is what they actually use, but one of the favourites of industry, because the process is very fast.) ITO is the standard material you use if you need to have material which shall be conduction and transparent. In an LCD screen you probably need electrical contacts from both sides, but the front contact should not absorb the light so you use ITO. I am not familiar with LCD technology, so I could be wrong about some details... --Do ut des (talk) 11:38, 17 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  What is the method for Physical Vapor Deposition? 

message: The article might have been NPOV, but some how it just read like some of the text came from a commercial document. I ran the phrase ""Cutting fluids cost companies today" and found three other sites with that sentence:
*pvd-coatings-for-cutting-tools.htm http://www.pvd-coatings.co.uk/pvd-coatings-for-cutting-tools.htm
*http://uk.geocities.com/pvd_coatings/home.html
*http://www.lycos.com/info/coating--products.html
I tagged the article as violating copyright. I went back through the edit histories to see how this got added. I found that in April 2006, Markj2006 added copyrighted material. I have cut and pasted together a new article using the edits before and after his insertions and placed it on the "temporary" page.--A. B. 23:05, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright violation and fix

message: Perhaps someone should try contacting Dr Peter Hatto, Director of Research for IonBond Limited. He is well known in the field of Coating Technologies - especially PVD technology. It is also interesting to note that there is no mention of IonBond in this section - they currently have a portfolio of not only PVD but also CVD and PACVD technologies.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.20.58.228 (talk) 19:35, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Expert? 

message: Opinions would be appreciated on whether this link: PVD coatings theory Information about PVD theory and equipment would be an appropriate addition to the article.  Thanks.  -- SiobhanHansa 21:25, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: No: Although the information appears solid, but (1) authorship is unknown (2) any references to reputable/verifiable sources of the provided information are absent. Therefore this website fails Wikipedia:verifiability criteria. `'Míkka 23:09, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External link opinions 

message: I think that we can definitely improve this page substantially to make it more useful than it currently is. It does not go into much at all, and is pretty much worthless. I think some repetition with the other pages is OK if this one expands to something that is useful. David Casale 14:48, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvement 

message: I started editing the introduction block to remove repetition and neaten it up a bit. Whilst at it I decided to move the "Advantages" and "Disadvantages" section into one block which, for want of a better term I've called "Comparison..." but I appreciate that in its current state, the article isn't really "Comparing" PVD with anything, I wasn't sure that "Pros and Cons" was a particularly encyclopedic heading, any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm in the process of hunting for Review papers (preferably OA) that can back up some of the claims in this article. Matt-allinson (talk) 14:15, 9 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Advantages & Disadvantages section