An object of the invention is to provide a coated cutting tool whose tool life can be extended by having excellent wear resistance and fracture resistance. The coated cutting tool includes: a substrate; and a coating layer formed on a surface of the substrate, in which the coating layer includes a lower layer, an intermediate layer, and an upper layer in this order from a substrate side to a surface side of the coating layer, the lower layer includes one or more Ti compound layers formed of a specific Ti compound, the intermediate layer contains TiCNO, TiCO, or TiAlCNO, the upper layer contains α-type Al.sub.2O.sub.3, an average thickness of the lower layer is 2.0 μm or more and 8.0 μm or less, an average thickness of the intermediate layer is 0.5 μm or more and 2.0 μm or less and is 10% or more and 20% or less of an average thickness of the entire coating layer, an average thickness of the upper layer is 0.8 μm or more and 6.0 μm or less, and in the intermediate layer, a ratio of a length of CSL grain boundaries and a ratio of a length of Σ3 grain boundaries are in specific ranges.

A silicon single crystal substrate for vapor phase growth, having the silicon single crystal substrate being made of an FZ crystal having a resistivity of 1000 Ωcm or more, wherein the surface of the silicon single crystal substrate is provided with a high nitrogen concentration layer having a nitrogen concentration higher than that of other regions and a nitrogen concentration of 5×10.sup.15 atoms/cm.sup.3 or more and a thickness of 10 to 100 μm.

A method can include vapor depositing a corrosion resistant coating to internal and external surfaces of a metallic air data probe. For example, vapor depositing can include using atomic layer deposition (ALD). The method can include placing the metallic air data probe in a vacuum chamber and evacuating the vacuum chamber before using vapor deposition. The corrosion resistant coating can be or include a ceramic coating. In certain embodiments, vapor depositing can include applying a first precursor, then applying a second precursor to the first precursor to form the ceramic coating.

A method for manufacturing a group III nitride substrate is described. The method involves forming group III nitride films having a group III element face on a surface thereof, on both surfaces of a substrate, so as to produce a group III nitride film carrier. The group III nitride film carrier is subjected to ion implantation and adhered to a base substrate containing polycrystals containing a group III nitride as a major component. The group III nitride film carrier is spaced from the base substrate to transfer the ion-implanted region to the base substrate, so as to form a group III nitride film having an N face on a surface thereof on the base substrate. A group III nitride film is formed on the group III nitride by a THVPE method, so as to produce a thick film of a group III nitride film.

An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the apparatus, the apparatus including a heater configured to heat a target, and a coating layer, the coating layer including a ternary material of transition metal(M)-aluminum(Al)-nitrogen(N) represented by the following Chemical Formula:

[Chemical Formula]

M.sub.xAl.sub.1−xN.sub.y,

wherein x and y satisfy the following relations: 0<x<1 and y≥1.

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure is provided. The method includes a III-V semiconductor device in a first region of a base substrate and a further device in a second region of the base substrate. The method includes: (a) obtaining a base substrate comprising the first region and the second region, different from the first region; (b) providing a buffer layer over a surface of the base substrate at least in the first region, wherein the buffer layer comprises at least one monolayer of a first two-dimensional layered crystal material; (c) forming, over the buffer layer in the first region, and not in the second region, a III-V semiconductor material; and (d) forming, in the second region, at least part of the further device. A semiconductor structure is also provided.

A film forming method includes: (a) preparing a substrate having an oxide layer formed on the substrate; (b) supplying a nitrogen-containing gas to the substrate heated by a heater; and (c) forming a molybdenum film on the oxide layer by alternately supplying a raw material gas containing molybdenum and a reducing gas a plurality of times.

A chemical vapor deposition furnace for depositing silicon nitride films, is discloses. The furnace comprising a process chamber elongated in a substantially vertical direction and a wafer boat for supporting a plurality of wafers in the process chamber. A process gas injector is provided inside the process chamber extending in a substantially vertical direction over substantially a wafer boat height and comprising a feed end connected to a source of a silicon precursor and a source of a nitrogen precursor and a plurality of vertically spaced gas injection holes to provide gas from the feed end to the process chamber. The furnace may comprise a purge gas injection system to provide a purge gas into the process chamber near a lower end of the process chamber.

A substrate processing apparatus includes: a chamber; and a processing gas supply unit connected to the chamber via a processing gas supply flow path and configured to supply a processing gas. The processing gas supply unit includes a raw material cartridge that includes a raw material tank that accommodates a porous member containing a metal-organic framework adsorbed with gas molecules of a raw material of the processing gas; a main body configured to communicate the raw material tank and the processing gas supply flow path with each other when the raw material cartridge is attached; and a desorption mechanism configured to desorb the gas molecules of the raw material of the processing gas and allow the gas molecules to flow out as the processing gas to the processing gas supply flow path while the raw material cartridge is attached to the main body.

A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, includes attaching a first susceptor to a film forming apparatus, measuring a magnitude of a warp of the first susceptor, setting a first initial film formation condition as a film formation condition of the film forming apparatus in accordance with the measured magnitude of the warp of the first susceptor, and placing a plurality of first wafers on the first susceptor and forming a first film on the plurality of first wafers under the film formation condition. The setting of the first initial film formation condition includes reading the first initial film formation condition from a recording medium storing a database. The database includes a plurality of pieces of data in which magnitudes of warps of susceptors are associated with initial film formation conditions for forming the first film.