Focus groups, 2004 Chemical Industry development

A team of PwC professionals with experience in sustainability and the chemical industry reviewed the survey results and consulted with a panel of experts and practitioners from the industry for their perspective on what the raw numbers and responses indicated. We then developed our preliminary findings. We also identified additional issues where more structured discussion might elicit further insights and conducted two focus groups to better understand some of the findings and validate our overall conclusions. 

Later on, this concept was extended to precursors containing both elements of the desired material already connected by a chemical bond in a single molecule. Such precursors are mainly referred to as single source precursors. Their potential application for the deposition of thin films of the corresponding binary materials by MOCVD processes could be demonstrated. In particular Lewis acid-base adducts R3M—ER3 and four- and six-membered heterocycles [R2MER x (Fig- 1) have been in the focus of research groups both in industry and university. Consequently, the development of powerful synthetic pathways for the preparation of such precursors has been forced. 

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