Abstract
The attractive key-enabling nanotechnology manufacturing technique of atomic layer deposition (ALD) is well-known to deposit ultra-Thin, uniform, conformal and pinhole-free nano-films on complex topography. Over the years it has been used to deposit ultra-Thin films in a multitude of industry applications such as microelectronics, solar cells, superconductors, fuel cells, and water purification membranes, among other applications. This study investigates the ALD process effects in the fabrication of Al 2 O 3 thin film over the substrate. The mass fraction coverage over the substrate and deposition rate contours in a Gemstar 6 ALD reactor are examined. The analysis technique illustrates the parameter behavior over a Cartesian coordinate sector in a three-dimensional illustration. The governing laws of the conservation of mass, momentum, energy, species, and kinetic chemical reactions are analyzed numerically by ANSYS Fluent and ChemkinPro. The deposition rate profiles correlated with previous experimental findings in the literature, producing an average growth rate of 1.3 Å/cycles.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 1940018 |
Journal | International Journal of Modern Physics B |
Volume | 33 |
Issue number | 1-3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 30 Jan 2019 |
Keywords
- Atomic layer deposition
- computational fluid dynamics
- deposition process
- nano-manufacturing
- surface coatings
- ultra-Thin film
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Condensed Matter Physics