Aspects of thin film deposition on granulates by physical vapor deposition Andreas Eder, Gerwin H.S. Schmid, Harald Mahr and Christoph Eisenmenger-Sittner Eur. Phys. J. D, 70 11 (2016) 247 Published online: 22 November 2016 DOI: 10.1140/epjd/e2016-70435-7