Contents

### **Preface XIII**


Chapter 8 **Advance Deposition Techniques for Thin Film and Coating 137**

Asim Jilani, Mohamed Shaaban Abdel-wahab and Ahmed Hosny Hammad

Chapter 9 **Vanadium Oxide Thin Films Obtained by Thermal Annealing of Layers Deposited by RF Magnetron Sputtering at Room Temperature 151**

Hernan M. R. Giannetta, Carlos Calaza, Liliana Fraigi and Luis Fonseca


E. Peón, A. El hadad, F.R. García‐Galván, A. Jiménez‐Morales and J.C. Galván


Chapter 15 **Growth and Characteristics of High-quality InN by Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy 303** Chen-Chi Yang, Ikai Lo, Cheng-Hung Shih, Chia-Hsuan Hu, Ying‑Chieh Wang, Yu‑Chiao Lin, Cheng-Da Tsai, Hui‑Chun Huang, Mitch M. C. Chou, Cheng‑Chang Yu and Der-Jun Jang

Chapter 8 **Advance Deposition Techniques for Thin Film**

**Section 2 Advances of Thin-film Technologies in Medicine**

Asim Jilani, Mohamed Shaaban Abdel-wahab and Ahmed Hosny

Chapter 9 **Vanadium Oxide Thin Films Obtained by Thermal Annealing of Layers Deposited by RF Magnetron Sputtering at Room**

Chapter 10 **Smart Thermoresponsive Surfaces Based on pNIPAm Coatings and Laser Method for Biological Applications 171**

Chapter 11 **Controlled Rate Thermal Analysis (CRTA) as New Method to Control the Specific Surface in Hydroxyapatite Thin**

Chapter 12 **Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputter Deposition as a Tool for Surface Modification of Medical Implants 213**

**Section 3 Advances of Thin-film Technologies in Energy Saving and**

Chapter 13 **Thin Films for Immobilization of Complexes with Optical**

Chapter 14 **Silicon Oxycarbide Thin films and Nanostructures: Synthesis,**

Spyros Gallis, Vasileios Nikas and Alain E. Kaloyeros

Joana Zaharieva and Maria Milanova

**Properties and Applications 277**

Mariana Braic, Irina Grubova and Cosmin Mihai Cotrut

Hernan M. R. Giannetta, Carlos Calaza, Liliana Fraigi and Luis

Laurentiu Rusen, Valentina Dinca, Cosmin Mustaciosu, Madalina Icriverzi, Livia Elena Sima, Anca Bonciu, Simona Brajnicov, Natalia Mihailescu, Nicoleta Dumitrescu, Alexandru I. Popovici, Anca

E. Peón, A. El hadad, F.R. García‐Galván, A. Jiménez‐Morales and J.C.

Roman Surmenev, Alina Vladescu, Maria Surmeneva, Anna Ivanova,

**and Coating 137**

**Temperature 151**

**and Biology 169**

**Coatings 193**

Galván

Roseanu and Maria Dinescu

**Energy Efficiency 249**

**Properties 251**

Hammad

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Fonseca

