Patent ID: 6984591

Claim:
A precursor source mixture utilized for chemical vapor deposition or atomic layer deposition comprising at least one precursor compound which is dissolved, emulsified or suspended in an inert organic liquid, where said precursor compound is a precursor metal atom bound to a ligand selected from the group consisting of hydride, carbonyl, imido, hydrazido, phosphido, nitrosyl, nitryl, nitrate, nitrite, halide, azide, siloxy, and silyl, with the proviso that the precursor compound is not an alkylamine alane, MeAu(PMe 3 ), or (Me 3 P)Cu(tertbutoxy), tantalum cyclopentadienyl hydride, copper bound to a β-diketonate, β-diiminate, β-diketiminate, and the proviso that the precursor compound is not bound to a diketoamido (RC(O)NC(O)CR), imidoylamidinato (RC(NH)NC(NH)CR), ketimidoylamidinato RC(O)NC(NH)CR, or hydrocarbyl C(R 2 )C(CH 3 ) 2 C(R 2 )N(R 2 ) ligand, wherein R is a hydrocarbon and the proviso that the precursor metal atom is not Pt and with the proviso that when the precursor metal atom is Ru and said ligand is a carbonyl, then the precursor is selected from the group consisting of Ru 3 CO 12 and Ru 3 (CO) 12 .