Patent ID: 8163338
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: C23C,C30B

Abstract:
1. A method of precursor selection for thin film vapor deposition comprising: a. starting with a group of at least two precursors having thermal stability, wherein the precursors comprise a base metal and at least one ligand, and, b. using a computer to operate quantum simulations to computationally determine: c. applying a rule-set on said computationally determined bond strengths of said constituents of said group of precursors for said thin film deposition, wherein said rule-set requires said precursor have parameters comprising: d. wherein said precursor is computationally selected by the method in steps (a) through (c) based on the best results from applying the rule-set of step (c) to the precursors of step (a) based on the simulations of step (b) and also wherein the precursor is capable of being vapor deposited to meet the conditions of: