Vapor deposited nanometer functional coating adhered by an oxide layer
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Abstract
An improved vapor-phase deposition method and apparatus for the application of multilayered films/coatings on substrates is described. The method is used to deposit multilayered coatings where the thickness of an oxide-based layer in direct contact with a substrate is controlled as a function of the chemical composition of the substrate, whereby a subsequently deposited layer bonds better to the oxide-based layer. The improved method is used to deposit multilayered coatings where an oxide-based layer is deposited directly over a substrate and a SAM organic-based layer is directly deposited over the oxide-based layer. Typically a series of alternating layers of oxide-based layer and organic-based layer are applied.
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53 Claims
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- 12. A method of depositing a multilayered coating on a substrate, where the coating is tailored to provide particular characteristic behavior on a nanometer scale, wherein all layers of said multilayered coating are deposited from a vapor phase, wherein the multilayered coating includes at least one oxide-based layer and at least one organic-based layer, wherein said vapor deposition employs a stagnant source of reactive moities which are depleted as a coating layer is deposited, wherein prior to deposition of a first organic-based layer, an oxide-based layer is deposited on said substrate, and wherein prior to deposition of said oxide-based layer on said substrate, said substrate is treated using an oxygen-based plasma.
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30. A method of depositing a multilayered coating on a substrate from a vapor phase, wherein each layer deposition rate is controlled by controlling a total pressure in a processing chamber in which said coating is deposited, a partial pressure of at least one coating precursor, a temperature of a substrate on which said coating is deposited, and at least one temperature of a major processing surface inside said processing chamber.
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- 32. A method of controlling the surface roughness of a multilayered organo-silicon-containing coating on a substrate, wherein said multilayered coating is deposited from a vapor phase, wherein at least one layer is formed using an organosilane precursor which is introduced into a coating deposition chamber in which said multilayered coating is deposited, followed by the introduction of water vapor, and wherein said surface roughness of said at least one layer is further controlled by controlling a total pressure in said deposition chamber, a partial pressure of at least one precursor, and a temperature of a substrate on which said coating is deposited.
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- 36. A method of depositing a multilayered coating wherein an oxide-based layer thickness in direct contact with a substrate is controlled as a function of the chemical composition of said substrate, and wherein a SAM organic-based layer is deposited directly over said oxide-based layer, whereby an ability of said SAM organic-based layer to bond to said oxide-based layer is improved due to control of said oxide-based layer thickness.
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- 40. A structure comprising a substrate with a multilayered coating deposited over a surface of said substrate, wherein said multilayered coating comprises a SAM organic-based layer deposited directly over an oxide-based layer which is deposited directly over said substrate, and wherein a thickness of said oxide-based layer which is in direct contact with said substrate is controlled as a function of the chemical composition of said substrate, whereby an ability of said SAM organic-based layer to bond to said oxide-based layer is improved.
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