Thin Solid Films is a peer-reviewed

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, scientific journal

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, which is published 24 times per year by Elsevier

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. It was first published in July 1967. J.E. Greene (University of Illinois) is the current Chief Editor

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 of this publication.

Aims and scope

The focus of this journal is thin-film synthesis

Thin film

A thin film is a layer of material ranging from fractions of a nanometer to several micrometers in thickness. Electronic semiconductor devices and optical coatings are the main applications benefiting from thin film construction....

, characterization, and applications. Published articles are interdisciplinary

Interdisciplinarity

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, encompassing materials science

Materials science

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, surface science

Surface science

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, and applied physics

Applied physics

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. The joining of these disciplines for thin-films is considered to be a unified scientific discipline. Topical coverage includes the following: synthesis, characterization, surfaces, interface

Interface

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s, colloidal behavior

Colloid

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, metallurgical topics, mechanics

Mechanics

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 (including nanomechanics), electronics

Electronics

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, optics

Optics

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, optoelectronics

Optoelectronics

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, magnetics, magneto-optics

Magneto-optic effect

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, and superconductivity

Superconductivity

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. Other topics are also covered.

The readership and contributors for this journal are scientists and engineers who work within the thin films discipline.

Abstracting and indexing

The impact factor

Impact factor

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 for Thin Solid Films in 2010 is 1.909, according to the Journal Citation Reports

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