Integrated Substrate and Thin Film Design Methods
Abstract
An artificial neural network cascade, containing 16 individual network modules and approximately 1,000 processing units, has produced an interactive database of nearly a quarter million potential binary and ternary chemical systems. While many of these hypothetical materials are anticipated to be thermodynamically stable, they are most likely kinetically inaccessible via typical bulk chemistry routes. However, since modem thin film technology allows a wide range of exotic compositions and stoichiometries via deposition, surface treatments, and nano-fabrication, it is anticipated that this newly acquired theoretical database will form a comprehensive road map to the formation of previously unattainable materials that offer significant technological advantages. Further, with the suite of available coating materials greatly expanded, thin film designers now have at their disposal the means to implement multilayer and composite thin film device designs that fulfill a much broader range of performance requirements and that are ideally matched to both underlying substrate and external working environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1999
- Accession Number
- ADA369790
Entities
People
- Stephen L. Thaler