Send us the sample. We’ll deposit the film.
When you need an ALD or MLD coating but not a tool of your own, our Littleton, MA foundry handles rapid-turn runs. Use this option for one-off films, small batches, or qualifying a process before you invest in a system.
Rapid-turn ALD & MLD coating.
Our atomic layer deposition services run on the same GEMStar and PRIME systems we sell, operated by the people who know them best. That means production-grade process control on your substrates, with the flexibility a research timeline needs.
Standard jobs are quoted at a four-week turnaround and usually come back sooner. When the timeline is tight, a one-week expedited service is available.
Typical jobs range from a handful of wafers to powder and 3D-part batches, across oxide, nitride, metal, and hybrid organic-inorganic (MLD) chemistries.
Need a film that doesn’t exist yet, or better performance from one that does? That’s a Joint Development Program.
What we can coat.
- Substrates: wafers up to 300mm, powders, porous media, fibers, and 3D parts.
- Chemistries: Al₂O₃, TiO₂, SnO₂, ZnO, HfO₂, Pt, and many more.
- Process modes: thermal ALD, plasma-enhanced ALD (PE-ALD), and molecular layer deposition (MLD).
- Documentation & metrology: a process summary with every job. Film characterization is taken from silicon witness coupons run alongside your parts: typically post-process ellipsometry (thickness and optical properties) representative of the film deposited in that run. In-situ QCM (quartz crystal microbalance) monitoring is available during deposition, and we support third-party metrology on request.
Films we deposit.
The most-requested foundry chemistries. If the film you need isn’t here, ask: the foundry runs many more processes, and new chemistries are developed through Joint Development Programs.
Aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃)
The ALD workhorse: conformal moisture and gas barriers, dielectric and passivation layers, and encapsulation on wafers, powders, and 3D parts.
Titanium dioxide (TiO₂)
High-refractive-index optical films, photoactive coatings, and protective layers on 2D and high-aspect-ratio substrates.
Tin oxide (SnO₂)
Transparent conducting and electron-transport layers for photovoltaics, plus gas-sensing films.
Zinc oxide (ZnO)
Transparent conductive films, seed and buffer layers, and piezoelectric coatings.
Hafnium oxide (HfO₂)
High-k dielectric and optical films for microelectronics and photonics.
Platinum (Pt)
Conformal metal electrodes and catalytic coatings, including on powders and porous supports.
Nitrides
Conductive diffusion barriers and superconducting films such as TiN and NbTiN, deposited thermally or plasma-enhanced.
Hybrid organic–inorganic (MLD)
Molecular layer deposition of organic and hybrid films: flexible barriers, biocompatible interlayers, and sacrificial layers.
From sample to coated part.
Tell us the job
Substrate, target film and thickness, and your timeline. We confirm feasibility and a quote.
Send your sample
Ship to Littleton, MA with the prep notes we provide. We confirm receipt.
We coat & verify
We run your process on a GEMStar or PRIME system and check the result.
Parts back to you
Coated parts returned with a process summary. Standard jobs are quoted at four weeks and usually come back sooner; one-week expedited service is available.
From a coating on demand to a film developed with you.
Not every job is a known film on a known substrate. When the process doesn’t exist yet, or an existing one needs to hit a harder target, our foundry runs it as a Joint Development Program: Arradiance scientists working alongside your team, on the same GEMStar and PRIME systems we build, to take a coating from idea to a repeatable result. The work spans a range:
- Coat to your spec. Deposit a specified film at a target thickness on your parts (the standard rapid-turn service).
- Improve device performance. Tune the film, interface, or process to move a real device metric, not just the coating itself.
- Develop new films or film stacks. Engineer multilayers and nanolaminates for a target electrical, optical, or barrier property.
- Develop new chemistries. Qualify and develop new precursors and ALD/MLD processes for materials that aren’t on the shelf.
Arradiance has co-developed functional nanofilms across microchannel plates, solid-oxide fuel-cell and supercapacitor electrodes, optical coatings, and superconducting nanolaminates, several protected by issued patents. Tell us the property you need, and we’ll tell you whether it’s a run or a program.
Request a coating quote.
Describe your sample and target film. The foundry team will confirm feasibility, turnaround, and price.
Request a Coating Quote