Abstract: An oxide superconductor wire is prepared by preparing a length of precursor wire for processing into an oxide superconductor wire and coating the precursor wire with an isolating layer. The coated wire is wound onto a reel in a spiralling manner, such that each turn of the spiral is in alignment with the preceding turn of the spiral along an axis perpendicular to the axis of winding. The wound precursor wire is then heated to form the oxide superconductor. The removable isolating layer is prepared by coating the wire with a solution including a metal oxide and a porosity-inducing component, and heating the coated wire so as to induce porosity and control grain size of the metal oxide so as to render the coating removable. The coating should function to isolate the overlapping turns of the wound wire from neighboring wires, so that not diffusion bonding or adherence between the turns occurs.

Abstract: A fluorescent layer formation process which comprises dispersing particles of a fluorescent substance and particles of a (meth)acrylic resin as a binder or particles of the fluorescent substance coated with the (meth)acrylic resin in a medium incapable of dissolving the resin therein to prepare a fluorescent paste; applying the fluorescent paste on a fluorescent layer formation surface to form a paste layer; and baking the paste layer at such a temperature that the resin is substantially decomposed or burnt out, thereby to form a fluorescent layer.

Abstract: A method of forming a superalloy part comprises: forming a preform from tape, said tape comprising a base metal layer and a braze alloy layer, said base metal layer comprising fibrillated polytetrafluoroethylene and an oxygen-sensitive superalloy base metal powder selected from the group consisting of titanium, aluminum, hafnium, and chromium, and said braze alloy layer comprising fibrilated polytetrafluoroethylene and braze alloy; heating the preform in an hydrogen or vacuum environment. Another method of forming a superalloy part comprises using a tape comprising fibrilated polytetrafluoroethylene, said oxygen-sensitive superalloy base metal powder, and powdered braze alloy.

Abstract: A process for making a field emitter cathode is disclosed, which comprises the steps of depositing a solution of a metal compound in a solvent and an electron emitting powder onto the surface of a substrate and heating the substrate containing the solution and the electron emitting powder deposited thereon for a time and temperature sufficient for the metal compound to be completely reduced to a metal.

Abstract: A method for preparing aerogel thin films by an ambient-pressure, continuous process. The method of this invention obviates the use of an autoclave and is amenable to the formation of thin films by operations such as dip coating. The method is less energy intensive and less dangerous than conventional supercritical aerogel processing techniques.

Abstract: A grain growth accelerator in a form dispersed in an aqueous solution or an organic solvent is introduced into a preliminarily fired body, and thereafter the preliminarily fired body is fired in a main firing process. In the main firing process, a volumetric diffusion of metal and grain growth of ceramic particles are caused as the firing temperature increases. Therefore, it is possible to manufacture a composite material which has such a gradient function that it is ceramic-rich on its surface and metal-rich in its inside, a high degree of surface hardness and toughness, and an interface-free structure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process of forming an antimicrobial coating on a surface of a medical implant, the coating comprising an antimicrobially effective amount of antimicrobial metal atoms incorporated into a coating of amorphous carbonaceous material.

Abstract: A hemocompatible composition comprising a polymer containing at least one pharmacologic material chemically bonded to a polymer backbone. Such compositions may be obtained by reacting a pharmacologic material with a compound containing a polymerizable group (e.g., an acyl halide) and thereafter either copolymerizing the acylated material with one or more copolymerizable monomers or first irradiating a backbone polymer and thereafter grafting the acylated pharmacologic material onto the irradiated polymer. The resulting products are hemocompatible and may be used in the manufacture of medical devices which come in contact with blood or other bodily fluids. The advantage of chemically bonded pharmacologic materials is that they are not leached out and retain their pharmaceutical effectiveness for a long period of time. The compositions may contain one or more additional pharmacologic materials which are physically admixed with polymers containing bonded pharmacologic materials.

Abstract: Two embodiments of a method for metallizing a phosphor layer are presented. The key to the method is covering the phosphor with a temporary planarizing layer onto which the metallizing layer (typically aluminum) is then deposited. Once the metal layer is in place, the planarizing layer is removed (by a burning process), the metal then making good contact with the phosphor and the substrate. In the first embodiment, the dry film is located below the phosphor layer while in the second embodiment it is located above it.

Abstract: A silicon dioxide containing coating can be used for multi-layer hermetic coatings, interlayer dielectric coatings, and flat panel display coatings. The coating is formed by applying a coating composition comprising polysilastyrene to a substrate and heating the polysilastyrene in an oxidizing atmosphere.

Abstract: A phosphor for a low voltage display device having a host and a metal salt or metal oxide dispersed on the surface of the host with improved luminescence efficiency which can be prepared at a low temperature.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for fabricating SiO.sub.2 film used as the core layer or cladding layer of an optical waveguide that has the steps of: coating a polysilazane solution on a substrate; and sintering the substrate at a predetermined temperature to form SiO.sub.2 film on the substrate by using the pyrolysis reaction from polysilazane to SiO.sub.2.

Abstract: A mist generator produces a mist from a liquid precursor. The mist is charged and accelerated by a pair of charged electrodes in an acceleration chamber. The mist passes through a conduit charged to the same polarity of the mist particles, to a deposition chamber where they are deposited on a substrate having the opposite polarity as the particles. Infrared lamps heat the mist particles in the acceleration chamber to a temperature below the temperature at which the compounds and solvent in the liquid precursor decompose. In one embodiment the deposition chamber is tubular and a plurality of substrates are held within the chamber in a position substantially perpendicular to the direction of mist flow in the chamber. A heater and an electrical field generator in the tube add sufficient energy to the mist as it passes through the tube to provide uniform deposition of the mist on the plurality of substrates.

Abstract: Amorphously crosslinked aromatic polymeric low .kappa. materials and methods for their fabrication are provided. The subject materials are prepared by a modified transport polymerization process, in which aromatic precursors are pyrolyzed to produce radical comprising aromatic monomeric precursors which are then allowed to polymerize by deposition onto a substrate surface, where during and/or after deposition the growing polymer chain is exposed to a high energy crosslinking agent, such as high energy photons or plasma. The subject crosslinked materials find use in a variety of applications, particularly as low .kappa. dielectrics in the manufacture of integrated circuits.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to producing a luminescent screen used in a cathode ray tube (CRT) suitable for monochromatic or chromatic images, such as, those utilized in televisions, computers or data monitoring equipment, which require CRTs. The method of the present invention produces an ablative layer of the luminescent screen having a smooth surface with reduced surface distortions, such as, streaks and waviness, which are typically produced by conventional coating processes. When a reflective aluminum film is deposited on such a smooth ablative layer, the reflective aluminum film is also provided with a smooth surface, since it typically conforms to the underlying smooth surface of the ablative layer. As a result, CRT images having reduced distortions are produced.

Abstract: A borosilicate containing coating is formed on an electronic substrate by applying a borosilazane polymer on the substrate and converting it to borosilicate by heating in an oxidizing environment. The resultant thick planarizing coatings are useful as protective coatings and dielectric inner layers.

Abstract: An improved process for producing a light-absorbing chalcopyrite film is disclosed, which comprises the steps of: applying at least one solution containing at least either of (a) an organic compound of a metal in Group 1B of the periodic table and (b) an organic compound of a metal in Group 3B of the periodic table on a substrate at least once to thereby form a thin film containing the organic compound (a) and the organic compound (b); heating the thin film in a reducing or inert gas atmosphere to convert the thin film into a thin metal film comprising the Group 1B metal and the Group 3B metal; and heating the thin metal film in an atmosphere containing either an element in Group 6B of the periodic table or a compound thereof to thereby convert the thin metal film into a thin chalcopyrite film.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a method of producing low dielectric coatings from hydrogen silsesquioxane resin. The method for producing the coatings comprises applying a film of hydrogen silsesquioxane resin onto a substrate and thereafter curing the film by first heating at a temperature of about 325.degree. C. to 350.degree. C. thereafter heating at a temperature of about 400.degree. C. to 450.degree. C. until the normalized SiH bond density is 50 to 80%. This two step curing process produces films having lower dielectric constant and improved mechanical properties.

Abstract: Metal-oxide layers having a high .delta..sub.max, such as in particular magnesium-oxide layers, are provided on a glass substrate, such as a selection plate or a channel plate, of an electronic display device by means of a spray-pyrolysis process. To this end, a solution of a metal salt, such as Mg acetate, in ethanol or another (organic) solvent and/or water is sprayed onto a substrate which is maintained at a temperature of 350-550.degree. C. In a display device which is provided with such a layer on the bottoms and walls of the channels of the channel plate, a minimum transport voltage of 50-100V/cm is required.

Abstract: The haze in a conductive tin oxide coating deposited on a substrate, particularly glass, can be reduced by applying, to a desired thickness, a solid-state coating, where the solid-state layer is applied as a precursor liquid to the tin oxide layer, is then dried and/or converted to a solid-state film overlying the conductive tin oxide film on the substrate.

Abstract: A method of making a mechanically stable, fiber having an inclusion of ion-conducting material which includes the steps of coating a single-crystal or polycrystalline .alpha.-alumina fiber with a zirconia or a hexaluminate precursor, optionally heating the coated fiber to dry the coating, when the coating is applied as a suspension or sol, heating the coated fiber to a temperature of about 1000.degree. to 1800.degree. C. to promote the growth of alpha-alumina toothlike extensions in the coating and epitaxial formation of the zirconia or hexaluminate on the sides of the extensions, embedding the fiber in an .alpha.-alumina matrix material, and heating the resulting fiber-matrix composite to react and texture the coating and densify the assembly.

Abstract: A method of forming a thin film of a metal oxide on a substrate by coating the substrate with a solution comprising metal-organic precursors is disclosed. This method is applicable to, e.g., forming thin films of perovskite-phase titanates, zirconates, and/or niobates of divalent metals such as Ba, Sr, Pb and/or Ca. In one embodiment, a first precursor comprises a divalent metal coordinated to one or more organic ligands, and a second precursor comprises a tetravalent metal coordinated to one or more organic ligands are supplied in a common solution. A substrate 14 is coated with this solution (e.g. by spin coating) to form a preliminary thin film 10. Substrate heater 22 preferably heats substrate 14 to a temperature sufficient to react ligands from the first and second precursors in an ester elimination reaction which forms a volatile precursor 16. This reaction leaves an intermediate compound film 12 comprising the divalent metal and the tetravalent metal on the substrate.

Abstract: Described is a multi-layer, flexible transfer tape with a backing and an adhesive layer, wherein between the backing and adhesive layer a bonding agent-containing transfer layer is provided, which adheres more strongly to the adhesive layer than to the backing. With this a) the bonding agent-containing transfer layer and/or b) the adhesive layer contains fine hollow particles and a water-soluble, solid alcohol. Furthermore the invention relates to a suitable process for producing such a transfer tape as well as to special application possibilities of same, in particular in rolled-up form in a hand apparatus. In particular, when used it leads to a transferred layer in which fractures, in particular micro-cracks, are excluded, and in an improvement of the initial adhesion when the transfer tape is used again after it has been stored for a long time.

Abstract: This invention relates to aqueous emulsions based on acrylic polymers and their use for preparing films to be used in processes of preparation of cathode ray tubes, having filming temperature between about 20.degree. and 40.degree. C. which after drying produce films which, submitted to heating in nitrogen atmosphere, have a weight loss, for films having a thickness of 1-2 mm, and for the following cycle of heating:11.degree. C./minute from 25.degree. to 375.degree. C.,5.degree. C./minute from 375.degree. to 440.degree. C.,isotherm at 440.degree. C. for 45 minutes,respectively of:from 25.degree. to 245.degree. C. lower than 15% by weightfrom 245.degree. to 375.degree. C. from 30 to 70% by weightfrom 375.degree. to 440.degree. C. of 97-99% by weightafter the isotherm at 440.degree. C. the remaining residue is lower than about 0.3% by weight, the curve gradient in the on set point ranging from 0.03 to 0.08 mg/.degree.K., and at 360.degree. C. from 0.12 to 0.30 mg/.degree.K.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for forming thin films of chemical compounds utilized in integrated circuits. The method includes steps forming a precursor liquid comprising a chemical compound in a solvent, providing a substrate within a vacuum deposition chamber, producing a mist of the precursor liquid, and flowing the mist into the deposition chamber while maintaining the chamber at ambient temperature to deposit a layer of the precursor liquid on the substrate. The liquid is dried to form a thin film of a solid material on the substrate, then the integrated circuit is completed to include at least a portion of the film of solid material in a component of the integrated circuit.

Abstract: Oxide materials having a composition described by the formula SrBi.sub.2.00- Ta.sub.2.00-x Nb.sub.x O.sub.9, where x ranges from 0.00 to 2.00 and is controlled to within about 1%, are provided having improved high temperature performance. A batch of the desired composition is initially prepared by conventional processes to provide a nominal composition that may be close to the desired composition, but not the exact desired composition. A portion of the batch is processed to form a thin film, the stoichiometry of which is then analyzed. The batch composition is then modified by adding thereto a quantity of one or more of the constituents to bring the batch composition to the desired stoichiometry. Further improved high temperature performance is achieved with values of x within the range of about 0.10 to 1.9, and more preferably, about 0.4 to 0.7, and most preferably about 0.56.

Abstract: Proposed is a coating solution for the formation of an interlayer insulating film of silicon dioxide in the manufacture of various kinds of electronic devices having excellent storage stability and coating workability. The principal ingredient of the coating solution, of which the solvent is preferably a dialkyl ether, is a polysilazane compound modified with a trimethylsilylating agent such as hexamethyl disilazane to such an extent that, in the .sup.1 H-NMR spectrometric diagram, the ratio of the area of the peak assignable to SiH.sub.3 to the total area of the peaks assignable to SiH.sub.1 and SiH.sub.2 is in the range from 0.15 to 0.45. An interlayer insulating film can be formed by coating a substrate with the coating solution, drying the coating layer and baking the dried coating layer at 300.degree. to 800.degree. C. in a moisturized atmosphere.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thick film formed of a mixture of metal powders and metallo-organic decomposition (MOD) compounds in an organic liquid vehicle and a process for advantageously applying them to a substrate by silk screening or other printing technology. The mixtures preferably contain metal flake with a ratio of the maximum dimension to the minimum dimension of between 5 and 50. The vehicle may include a colloidal metal powder with a diameter of about 10 to about 40 nanometers. The concentration of the colloidal metal in the suspension can range from about 10 to about 50% by weight. The MOD compound begins to decompose at a temperature of approximately about 200.degree. C. to promote consolidation of the metal constituents and bonding to the substrate which is complete at temperatures less than 450.degree. C. in a time less than six minutes.

Abstract: An article such as a spacecraft thermal radiator includes a substrate having a white thermal control coating thereon. The thermal control coating is formed of a matrix of a silica/silicate transformation product of a ceramic precursor, and a plurality of doped zinc oxide pigment particles distributed in the matrix. The zinc oxide pigment particles are doped with an element that forms shallow donorlike states in the zinc oxide. The coating has a solar absorptance of from about 0.2 to about 0.3 and an initial electrical resistivity of from about 1.times.10.sup.6 ohms per square to about 1.times.10.sup.8 ohms per square. The coating is stable at continuous operating temperatures of 225.degree. C., with short-term exposures of up to 800.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for producing a low-stress electrolessly deposited layer of nickel yielding a clean nickel film and having a wettable surface is described. Diffusion is performed in a non-oxidizing environment, using a gas mixture containing nitrogen. The diffusion temperature is optimally set at a temperature of at least 500.degree. C., i.e., at least 150.degree. C. below typical prior art diffusion temperatures. The presence of nitrogen during diffusion changes the direction of the outgoing born away from the surface of the film, and eliminates the requirement that the nickel film be plated on refractory metal that contains glass, which was previously required to provide a media for the boron to diffuse into it for its subsequent removal.

Abstract: An electrode for an electric double layer capacitor in which resin is used as a starting material and the manufacturing cost is low and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. A method of manufacturing an electrode for an electric double layer capacitor containing carbonized resin includes heating resin at a temperature equal to or higher than the temperature for finishing endothermic reaction of the resin upon melting (softening to be fluidized) of the resin and equal to or lower than the temperature for starting oxidizing reaction in an atmosphere of a pressure range of 0.

Abstract: A process for the metallization of phosphor screens is disclosed. The process includes the steps of coating all aqueous dispersion of a poly(hydroxyalkanoate) on a phosphor screen, allowing the screen to dry, optionally heating the screen to form a cohesive polymeric coating, depositing a layer of metal upon the coated screen to form a composite, and heating the composite to a temperature above the decomposition temperature of the poly(hydroxyalkanoate) in order to decompose and/or volatilize the film coating.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a polymeric prosthesis precoated with a bone cement compatible polymer. The bone cement compatible polymer coating, which can be polymethyl methacrylate, is bonded to the outer surface of the prosthesis. For instance, in one embodiment, the bone cement compatible polymer coating is believed to be copolymerized with the polymeric prosthesis. Once bonded to a polymeric prosthesis in accordance with the present invention, the precoat strengthens the interface between a bone cement and a prosthesis when the prosthesis is later implanted. The precoat also decreases the likelihood that the prosthesis will loosen and break away from the cement over time. The polymeric implant product of the present invention is particularly well suited for use as an acetabular cup or a tibia plateau in replacing hip joints and knee joints respectively.

Abstract: A nickel powder having a composite oxide layer comprising lanthanum and nickel and, optionally an oxide of chromium, on at least a part of the surface thereof. The nickel powder is produced by a process comprising the steps of: bringing a solution comprising at least one heat-decomposable nickel compound and at least one heat-decomposable lanthanum compound and, optionally, at least one heat-decomposable chromium compound, to fine droplets; and heating the droplets at a temperature above the decomposition temperatures of these compounds to prepare a nickel powder and, at the same time, to deposit a composite oxide layer comprising lanthanum and nickel and, when present, chromium oxide, in the vicinity of the surface of the nickel powder.

Abstract: The invention is a method of plating a nonmetallic substrate comprising the steps of depositing an adhesion enhancing film on the substrate, treating the adhesion enhancing film to make the film catalytic, and forming an outer coating and passivating plate on the adhesion enhancing film. The resulting plated, nonmetallic substrates may comprise any number of materials used as an inner substrate such as compounds of oxide, nitride, phosphide, carbide, glass, ceramic, and mixtures thereof. In use, the resulting substrate may find application in any number of data storage and retrieval application.

Abstract: Method of manufacturing a coating on a display screen and a display device comprising a display screen having a coating.The display screen 3 of a cathode ray tube 1 is provided with an antistatic coating 8 which comprises conductive, for example ATO (Sb:SnO.sub.2) particles. The coating comprises at least one additional layer (10) of silicon dioxide to obtain an antireflective effect.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a method for producing crack-free, insoluble, greater than 1.25 .mu.m thick coatings from hydrogen silsesquioxane resin compositions. The method for producing the coating comprises applying a fillerless hydrogen silsesquioxane resin composition onto a substrate and thereafter heating the hydrogen silsesquioxane resin at a temperature of less than 500.degree. C. for a controlled period of time to produce the crack-free coating having a thickness of greater than 1.25 .mu.m. The resins may be cured in an inert or oxygen containing environment.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming a thin film pattern having an excellent accuracy of the pattern. The method comprises the steps of:(a) exposing a polysilane layer formed from a polysilane having a structure of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 indicate a group which is independently selected from the group consisting of a substituted or non-substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon residue, an alicyclic hydrocarbon residue and an aromatic hydrocarbon residue and m and n indicate an integer, provided on a substrate, to ultraviolet light selectively to form a latent image of the thin film pattern; and(b) dipping the polysilane layer in which the latent image of the thin film pattern is formed in a metal oxide sol and then drying.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing the cathode ray tube comprises, cleaning the front panel, heating for drying the front panel, forming an visible light absorbing layer on the front panel by spraying a first ethyl silicate solution, forming the antistatic layer on the front panel by spraying a second ethyl solution, and baking the front panel to harden the nonglare film.

Abstract: The invention relates to a porous metal-oxide film formed on a glass substrate by the sol-gel process. The film is prepared by a method comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a coating solution by mixing a metal alkoxide(s) and/or a metal acetylacetonate(s), a first solvent, water, an acid and an organic polymer; (b) applying the coating solution to the glass substrate; (c) drying a gel film formed thereon at a first temperature not higher than 100.degree. C.; (d) contacting the gel film with a second solvent which is one of an acid solution and a mixed solution of alcohol and water; and (e) heating the gel film at a second temperature so as to transform the gel film into the porous metal-oxide film. The porous metal-oxide film's surface is minutely rough and has a fine features pattern of three-dimensional micro-porous structure.

Abstract: A method of preparing a lead magnesium niobium oxide (PMN), Pb(Mg.sub.1/3 Nb.sub.2/3)O.sub.3, precursor solution by a solvent method wherein a liquid solution of a lead-complex PMN precursor is combined with a liquid solution of a niobium-complex PMN precursor, the combined lead- and niobium-complex liquid solutions are reacted with a magnesium-alkyl solution, forming a PMN precursor solution and a lead-based precipitate, and the precipitate is separated from the reacted liquid PMN precursor solution to form a precipitate-free PMN precursor solution. This precursor solution can be processed to form both ferroelectric powders and thin films.

Abstract: Disclosed herewith is a process of forming an aerogel composite which comprises introducing a gaseous material into a formed aerogel monolith or powder, and causing decomposition of said gaseous material in said aerogel in amounts sufficient to cause deposition of the decomposition products of the gas on the surfaces of the pores of the said aerogel.Also disclosed are the composites made by the process.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a screen including forming a phosphor layer on an inner surface of a panel where a black matrix layer is present; applying and drying a filming composition comprising an acryl emulsion having a molecular weight of 1.5-2.5 million and a decomposition starting temperature of 200.degree.-250.degree. C. as a main component on the phosphor layer to form a film; and forming a meal layer on the film.

Abstract: Liquid methyltin halide compositions and their use as intermediates in chemical synthesis and as precursors for forming tin oxide coatings on substrates are disclosed.

Abstract: An oxide ceramic composite suitable for fabricating components of combustion turbines and similar high temperature environments. The composite is fabricated by dispersing metal particles in a fiber preform and infiltrating the fiber preform with sol-gel matrix precursor material. Alternatively, the metal particles are mixed into the sol-gel matrix precursor material and the preform is infiltrated with the mixture. Later in the fabrication process, the metal particles oxidize and become oxidized metal when the sol-gel matrix precursor material is sintered. The oxidized metal has more volume and mass than the metal particles. As a result, the oxidized metal contributes to increasing the density of the composite so that it is suitable for use in combustion turbines and similar high temperature environments.

Abstract: A process for forming a layer of gold on a substrate, comprising: preparing a solution of a gold precursor wherein the gold precursor consists ofAu(OH).sub.p (OOCR.sup.1).sub.q (OOCR.sup.2).sub.rwherein R.sup.1 is selected from the group of hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, and alkynyl, and R.sup.2 is selected from the group of hydrogen, alkyl from 2 to 10 carbon atoms, alkenyl, or alkynyl, and p+q+r=3. Applying the solution of the gold precursor to the surface of the substrate. Decomposing the gold precursor by subjecting the gold precursor to heat.

Abstract: A method of obtaining a porous titanium surface suitable for medical implants is provided. The titanium surface is exposed to a plasma comprising a reactive plasma gas, the reactive plasma gas comprising an active etching species and a sputtering gas. The plasma conditions are effective to modify the titanium surface and provide surface porosity. The plasma conditions are effective to non-uniformly etch and sputter the titanium surface.

Abstract: A process for producing a ceramic network material from a ceramic suspension includes casting a suspension in a tooth-shaped mold. The suspension includes dispersed alumina particles in a medium containing deionized water with a pH in a range of about 4 to 5 and a concentration of polyvinyl alcohol in a range of about 0.5 to 1% by weight. The process includes the steps of slip casting the suspension in a plaster tooth mold and drying the molded suspension to draw the water from the suspension. The dried suspension then is fired in a furnace at a temperature in a range of about 1000 to 1400.degree. C. to form a ceramic network. After the dried suspension has been fired and excess water and polyvinyl alcohol has been removed from the suspension, lanthanum aluminosilicate glass is infused to a coronal portion of the ceramic network to form a glass layer with a thickness in a range of about 1 to 2 mm within the ceramic network.

Abstract: A precursor liquid comprising several metal 2-ethylhexanoates, such as strontium, tantalum and bismuth 2-ethylhexanoates, in a xylenes/methyl ethyl ketone solvent is prepared, a substrate is placed within a vacuum deposition chamber, a small amount of hexamethyl-disilazane is added to the precursor liquid is misted, and the mist is flowed into the deposition chamber while maintaining the chamber at ambient temperature to deposit a layer of the precursor liquid on the substrate. The liquid is dried, baked, and annealed to form a thin film of a layered superlattice material, such as strontium bismuth tantalate, on the substrate. Then an integrated circuit is completed to include at least a portion of the layered superlattice material film in a component of the integrated circuit.

Abstract: An adduct of a lanthanide (yttrium) .beta.-diketonate and a donor ligand (N-oxide), the adduct being suitable for use in a metal-containing material deposition process, wherein the ligand has Lewis base characteristics that match the Lewis acid characteristics of the lanthanide .beta.-diketonate in the absence of the ligand is described.