ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION (ALD) PLATFORM TECHNOLOGY

Forge Nano’s surface engineering platform technology lets you unlock the power of surface engineering at the atomic level. Our products, processes and technology make things better from the atoms up. We unlock the ability to improve nearly anything, by making optimizations at the most fundamental form of matter, the atom.  

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ABOUT ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION

What is Atomic Layer Deposition?

Atomic Layer Deposition is a surface engineering technique that creates angstrom thick, uniform, pinhole free coatings on materials. During this gas phase process, chemicals called precursors are introduced to the material to be coated, known as the substrate. The chemical reactions caused by the precursors cause atomic level coatings to be applied one atomic layer at a time. These coatings can be used in a number of ways to improve the performance of the base material. 

ALD – The basics 

Atomic layer deposition ALD is a Thin-film deposition technique that uses a sequential gas phase Chemical process. ALD is a subclass of Chemical vapour deposition. With ALD, thin film is slowly deposited with the repeated exposure to separate precursors. Most ALD reactions use two chemicals called precursors. These precursors react with the surface of a material one at a time in a sequential, self-limiting, manner. The precursors are pulsed and purged onto the substrate (material) one at a time. One precursor is introduced, then purged, and the second precursor is introduced. This process builds an atomic level coating, one layer at a time. This process can be repeated as many times as necessary, in order to achieve the desired thickness, or specific surface properties.

Forge Nano PALD ALD Process

Forge Nano- ALD Advantage

Forge Nano has developed a unique atomic layer deposition (ALD) process to produce precision nanocoatings for our clients. Our continuous and semi-continuous high-throughput ALD nano-coating techniques uniformly encapsulate particles and objects with chemically bonded, high-quality angstrom-scale coatings for UV blocking, electrical insulation, and oxidation protection to control thermal management, structural integrity, diffusional resistance, and electrochemical properties. Our process works particularly well for handling and coating Li-ion battery electrode materials, nanoscale metal powders, sulfur-based materials, hygroscopic halide-based materials, and many others.

THE FORGE NANO DIFFERENCE

Particle ALD

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) can also be used to coat nanoparticles, and this is known as Particle ALD or PALD. Various particles can be coated using Particle ALD, including simple iron particles and complex h-BN nanoparticles.

Why choose Forge Nano? 

Forge Nano uses a patented high-throughput continuous particle ALD process to provide our customers with an ALD coating that at scale is inexpensive, without sacrificing quality. This economy-of-scale has made ALD technology a commercially viable option for companies interested in precision nanocoatings. Forge Nano has compiled a comprehensive IP portfolio that provides full benefits to its partners and Licensees for battery applications.  The IP portfolio covers all aspects of the ALD chemistries (including lithium-containing ALD, Molecular Layer Deposition, solid electrolyte coatings, etc.), their application in battery materials (ALD-coated cathode, anode and separator products and methods), as well as methods and systems for their manufacture (exclusive control over semi-continuous and fully continuous ALD systems for powders).  Forge Nano has a growing list of owned and licensed technologies for non-battery applications that are also becoming available for license.

 

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