SCI Engineered Materials

04/28/2026

Day 1 has kicked off for SVC Techcon 2026! We are looking forward to another great conference this year in Long Beach!

04/28/2026

Two conferences in one week! Please stop by Booth # 1022 in Washington DC for . We are also in Long Beach for the annual SVC Techcon Conference. Please stop by Booth # 413. We look forward to catching up with you at one of these shows!

04/01/2026

After 25 incredible years, we're bidding a fond farewell to our CFO, Gerald "Jerry" Blaskie. Jerry's leadership helped shape SCI's financial strength and set the stage for our continued growth. Thank you for everything, Jerry — enjoy a well-earned retirement! 🎉

03/19/2026

TCO targets (ITO; AZO) support next‑generation photovoltaic and flexible electronic modules.

03/17/2026

Co‑sputtered alloys are used to create magnetic thin films for sensors and memory devices.

03/12/2026

High‑purity aluminum targets are ideal for reflective coatings and metallization layers.

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03/10/2026

“Innovation is seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” — Dr. Albert Szent-Györgyi. At SCI; we incorporate new research into our goals daily.

Looking for inspiration to ideate, create and innovate in 2026? These 55 innovation quotes will be of ample motivation.

03/05/2026

Careful control of substrate heating during deposition improves film adhesion and crystalline quality.

Thin-Film Growth and Oxidation of Surfaces Under Relevant Pressure ConditionsJ. Schnadt, ... A. Shavorskiy, in Encyclopedia of Interfacial Chemistry, 2018IntroductionThin-film growth and oxide growth inherently take place at the heterogeneous interface between a solid surface and either a v***r/gas....

03/03/2026

Optimizing plasma uniformity and target geometry is essential for consistent thin‑film deposition across substrates.

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02/26/2026

Refractory metal targets (Mo; W; Ta) enable high‑temperature and high‑stress electronic coatings.

Refractory metals (RMs) are high melting point metals that are characterized by other special physical and chemical properties, such as high density, inertness, corrosion and acid resistance.

02/24/2026

Large‑area ceramic targets are engineered to deliver uniform coatings across architectural glass and solar modules.

Physical V***r Deposition (PVD) is one of the vacuum coating processes in which the film of coating material is usually deposited atom by atom on a substrate by condensation from the v***r phase to the solid phase.