Sanath Kumar Honnali
Assistant with doctoral duties at Department of Chemistry - Ångström Laboratory; Inorganic Chemistry
- E-mail:
- sanath-kumar.honnali@kemi.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Lägerhyddsvägen 1
- Postal address:
- Box 538
751 21 Uppsala
Research
My research aims to enhance PVD process efficiency for hard coatings through the elimination of substrate heating and cooling cycles during depositions. I leverage on high-energy ion bombardment, achieved via high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) technique. One of the key advantages of HiPIMS is the ability to manipulate the materials (ions) arriving at the workpiece through electric and magnetic fields, allowing better control over the film properties.

Publications
Recent publications
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Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 1666-1680, 2026
- DOI for Strain engineering of ScN thin films and its effect on optical, electrical, and thermoelectric properties
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Part of Materials & design, 2026
- DOI for Tailoring phase formation and mechanical properties of low-temperature-grown Al-rich CrAlWN films by selective metal-ion bombardment during high-power impulse magnetron sputtering
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Part of Surface & Coatings Technology, 2026
- DOI for Influence of pulsed substrate biasing on strain and mechanical properties of low-temperature-grown TiZrNbTaNx films by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering
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Part of Materials & design, 2026
- DOI for Microstructural, Mechanical, and Corrosion properties of Cr1-xNbx and (Cr1-xNbx)Ny coatings for harsh-environment applications
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Part of Small Structures, 2026
- DOI for Defect Engineering in Ti-Doped Ta3N5 Thin Films for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Electronic Structure Modulation and Charge Carrier Dynamics
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All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Journal of Materials Chemistry A, p. 1666-1680, 2026
- DOI for Strain engineering of ScN thin films and its effect on optical, electrical, and thermoelectric properties
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Part of Materials & design, 2026
- DOI for Tailoring phase formation and mechanical properties of low-temperature-grown Al-rich CrAlWN films by selective metal-ion bombardment during high-power impulse magnetron sputtering
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Part of Surface & Coatings Technology, 2026
- DOI for Influence of pulsed substrate biasing on strain and mechanical properties of low-temperature-grown TiZrNbTaNx films by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering
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Part of Materials & design, 2026
- DOI for Microstructural, Mechanical, and Corrosion properties of Cr1-xNbx and (Cr1-xNbx)Ny coatings for harsh-environment applications
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Part of Small Structures, 2026
- DOI for Defect Engineering in Ti-Doped Ta3N5 Thin Films for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting: Electronic Structure Modulation and Charge Carrier Dynamics
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Structural and electronic properties of Sc1-xWxNy thin films on MgO(001)
Part of Applied Materials Today, 2025
- DOI for Structural and electronic properties of Sc1-xWxNy thin films on MgO(001)
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Part of Surface & Coatings Technology, 2025
- DOI for Epitaxial growth of TiZrNbTaN films without external heating by high-power impulse magnetron sputtering
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Part of Applied Physics Letters, 2025
- DOI for Low-temperature synthesis of Al-rich rock salt Cr1-xAlxN films with selective metal ion bombardment by synchronized substrate bias pulsing
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Measuring the degree of ionization of the metal flux in reactive ionized physical vapor deposition
Part of Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. A. Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films, 2025
- DOI for Measuring the degree of ionization of the metal flux in reactive ionized physical vapor deposition
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Part of Surface & Coatings Technology, 2024
- DOI for Influence of nitrogen and niobium incorporation in bcc-chromium coatings on microstructure and mechanical properties
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