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There are therefore two ways in which lasers may be used to bring about photon-assisted film formation. If the laser emits radiation in the near-ultra-violet or above, photochemical decomposition occurs in the gas phase and some unabsorbed radiation arrives at the substrate, but this latter should be a minor effect in die thin film formation. This procedure is referred to as photolysis. Alternatively, if the laser emits radiation in the infra-red, and tire photons are only feebly absorbed to raise the rotational energy levels of the gaseous... 

Figure 3.2. Film formation using a dimensional reduction approach involves three steps 1) breaking up the insoluble extended inorganic framework (a) into more soluble-isolated anionic species, which are separated by some small and volatile cationic species (b). 2) Solution-processing thin films of the precursor (b). 3) Heating the precursor films such that the cationic species and corresponding chalcogen anions are dissociated, leaving behind the targeted inorganic semiconductor (c).

Tab. 2.2 Etch rates of common materials used in semiconductor manufacturing in the most popular wet etching solutions. Note that this table gives only a rough overview etch rates may vary significantly depending on the details of thin film formation parameters, etchant composition, temperature and additives, e.g. surfactants.

Scheme 6 Formation of hyperbranched thin film nanocomposites using an electrophilic polymeric reagent 14 and a nucleophilic amine-functionalized PAMAM dendrimer 15...

R. Pretorius, A.M. Vredenberg, F.W. Saris, R. De Reus. Prediction of phase formation sequence and phase stability in binary metal-aluminium thin-film systems using the effective heat of formation rule // J.Appl.Phys.- 1991.- V.70, No.7.- P.3636-3646. 

The use of chemical engineering concepts has already contributed significantly to crystal growth [4], thin-film formation [5-7], and plasma... 

Through the combination of SPR with a - poten-tiostat, SPR can be measured in-situ during an electrochemical experiment (electrochemical surface plasmon resonace, ESPR). Respective setups are nowadays commercially available. Voltammetric methods, coupled to SPR, are advantageously utilized for investigations of - conducting polymers, thin film formation under influence of electric fields or potential variation, as well as - electropolymerization, or for development of -> biosensors and - modified electrodes. Further in-situ techniques, successfully used with SPR, include electrochemical - impedance measurements and -+ electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance. 

Chemical vapor deposition is a key process for thin film formation in the development and manufacture of microelectronic devices. It shares many kinetic and transport phenomena with heterogeneous catalysis, but CVD reactor design has not yet reached the level of sophistication used in analyzing heterogeneous catalytic reactors. With the exception of the tubular LPCVD reactor, conventional CVD reactors may be viewed as variations on the original horizontal reactor. These reactors have complex flow fields and it is consequently difficult to control and predict the effect of operating conditions on the film thickness and composition. 

In the fabrication of semiconductors, CVD is an important technique for the thin-film formations with an increase in device intensity performance. Tungsten hexafluoride has been widely used as a source gas of tungsten silicide (WSi,v) and tungsten metal for electrodes and interconnects. 

Gels are frequently used for ceramic film formation. Many aspects of the processing of films are common to all the deposition techniques. Schroeder [48] has outlined the conditions necessary for thin film formation. The solution must wet the substrate, it must remain stable with aging, it should have some tendency toward crystallization into a stable high-temperature phase, and for miiltiple layers the previous layers must be either insoluble or heat treated to make them insoluble before subsequent depositions. 

Thin solid films of polymeric materials used in various microelectronic applications are usually commercially produced the spin coating deposition (SCD) process. This paper reports on a comprehensive theoretical study of the fundamental physical mechanisms of polymer thin film formation onto substrates by the SCD process. A mathematical model was used to predict the film thickness and film thickness uniformity as well as the effects of rheological properties, solvent evaporation, substrate surface topography and planarization phenomena. A theoretical expression is shown to provide a universal dimensionless correlation of dry film thickness data in terms of initial viscosity, angular speed, initial volume dispensed, time and two solvent evaporation parameters. 

Spin coating deposition (SCD) is the primary commercial process for forming thin films of the various polymeric materials used in the electronics industry. Yet, very little is known about the fundamental physical processes of polymer thin film formation on... 

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