Abstract: Magnetron sputtering is a physical vapor deposition technique for thin film growth, and is the main research interest in our department. As a highly non-equilibrium process it may give rise to metastable phases brought from remote parts of the equilibrium phase diagrams or not present there altogether. We have been gradually increasing the use of transition metal elements in the films, which have the potential of bringing about effects of strong electron correlations. In this talk I will briefly review the various directions of our research into thin films...
