Choosing Sputter Targets

High purity sputtering targets offering quality and value for money. All metal targets are 4N pure (99.99%), unless otherwise stated.

A wide range of unmounted, mounted or annular (washer type) sputtering targets are available. Backing plates for mounting or replacing mounts of sputter targets are also available. (Please ask if you require a mounted target).

Often targets are mounted to a backing plate using various conductive adhesives. Alternatively, if the target is over‐sized and a soft material, the edge of the target may be crimped around the edge of the backing. If that is your preferred method, please order the target with at least 2mm greater diameter than the backing plate.

Target Materials: 

Aluminium	Gold/palladium (60:40 or 80:20)	Iridium	Hafnium oxide	Nichrome
Cerium	Silver (Ag)	Gold	Silicon dioxide
Copper	Platinum (Pt)	Silver/copper (90:10)	Boron carbide	Tin
Chromium	Palladium (Pd)	Zirconium oxide (10‐15%wt)	Zinc sulphide	Tin oxide
Iron	Titanium	Indium tin oxide	Vanadium pentoxide	Vandium
Tungsten	Silica (micro‐crystalline, polycrystalline, n‐type, p‐type or undoped)	Indium oxide	Molybdenum	Yttrium oxide
Cobalt	Nickel	Alumina	Rhodium	Zirconium
Carbon	Titanium dioxide	Copper oxide	Ruthenium	Zinc
Tellurium	Bismuth telluride	Bismuth oxide	Antimony telluride	Zinc oxide

 

Other sputtering target materials can be sourced including ceramics, rare earth elements and metal oxides. Amalgams are more expensive to produce due to the finer coating required, it may be better to purchase platinum in lieu of gold/palladium, or iridium in lieu of platinum/palladium.

Target Sizes: 

Sputter target diameters start from 20mm up to 101.6mm and come in various thicknesses. The physical properties of some materials will limit the thicknesses available, they can range from 0.1mm to 5mm. Diameters up to 500mm and thickness up to 50mm can be sourced for some materials.