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Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD): An Enabler for Nanoscience and ...

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Current Applications of <strong>ALD</strong><br />

Electroluminescent displays (Al 2 O 3 , AlN, ZnS)<br />

Read/Write heads in magnetic disk storage (Al 2 O 3 )<br />

Insulators in capacitors in DRAMs (Al 2 O 3 , HfO 2 )<br />

Insulation <strong>and</strong> spacer layers in microelectronics (SiO 2 , Si 3 N 4 )<br />

Metal/insulator in transistor gates (TaN/HfO 2)<br />

Planar waveguides <strong>and</strong> optical filters (SiO 2 , TiO 2 )<br />

Likely Future Applications of <strong>ALD</strong><br />

Insulators in microelectronic capacitors (Ta 2 O 5 , SrTiO 3 , LaLuO 3 )<br />

Diffusion barriers <strong>for</strong> copper in interconnects (WN, TaN, Mn)<br />

Adhesion <strong>and</strong> seed layers <strong>for</strong> interconnects (Co 4 N, Ru, Cu)<br />

Sealing pores in low-k dielectrics (SiO 2 )<br />

Magnetic disk storage (Al 2 O 3 , Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Ru, Mn, Pt)<br />

Nano-Electronics<br />

Catalysts . . .<br />

Harvard University<br />

Applications of <strong>ALD</strong>

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