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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2002
John Anthony Thomas Norman, Encinitas, CA (US);
David Allen Roberts, Fogelsville, PA (US);
Melanie Anne Boze, Encinitas, CA (US);
John Anthony Thomas Norman, Encinitas, CA (US);
David Allen Roberts, Fogelsville, PA (US);
Melanie Anne Boze, Encinitas, CA (US);
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Abstract
In the present invention, a metal halide film is grown which is then reduced to the metal film rather than growing the metal film directly on the substrate surface. In certain embodiments, a metal halide film is grown from at least two precursors: a halogen-containing precursor and a metal-containing precursor. The metal halide film is then exposed to a reducing agent to form the metal film. In certain preferred embodiments, the metal halide film is exposed to the reducing agent prior to the completion of the growing step.