Topic outline

  • Home page - ALD Aalto OpenLearning

    This Aalto OpenLearning site collects together open learning and teaching materials related to Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD). The site is meant to benefit the global ALD community and operate mostly in English; occasionally, the site may link to ALD learning materials in other languages. The site will grow with time; initially it mainly links to openly available content. Suggests for improvements of the open materials are welcome. Responsible content creator, teacher and site owner: Riikka Puurunen (Associate Professor, Aalto University). Site opened November 29, 2019.  

  • Welcome!

    Welcome to the OpenLearning site on Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)! To the author's knowledge, this is the first open learning and teaching platform on ALD worldwide. 

    At the time of its opening on November 29, 2019, this site mainly contains links to openly available learning materials on ALD, to be explored at everyone's own pace. The opening materials include (i) a brief introduction to ALD including a cartoon illustration, (ii) a compilation of review articles on ALD (there are over 200!) and a curated list of recommended reviews, and (iii) an evolving compilation of doctoral theses worldwide (there are over 500!) being created in the framework of the open science effort "Virtual Project on the History of ALD" (VPHA). Additional links are presented to contents likely to be helpful and interesting for newcomers in the expanding field of ALD. The date of opening the site has been chosen to celebrate the filing of the first patent on Atomic Layer Epitaxy by Suntola and Antson, exactly forty-five years earlier. 

    In the future, the plan is to expand the site. How exactly, the details are still to be thought of. The purpose is to make this site a community effort, and the users are welcome to propose content to and jointly improve the site. Do you have feedback? Please share it via the anonymous survey https://webropol.com/s/ald-openlearning-initial-feedback (the survey can be answered many times). 

    Espoo, Finland, 
    Released November 29, 2019 

    Riikka Puurunen 
    Associate Professor, Catalysis Science and Technology, Aalto University

    P.S. The multilingual "banner" of the site has been created on the basis of discussion carried out in the ALD - Atomic Layer Deposition LinkedIn site a few years ago. 

  • Introduction to atomic layer deposition (ALD)

  • [Test your knowledge - Quizzes - Work in Progress]

    Not available unless: You are a(n) Student

  • Review articles on ALD

    Section on scientific review articles related to atomic layer deposition. 

  • Doctoral theses on ALD

    Section on doctoral theses related to atomic layer deposition. 

  • Books on ALD

  • Lecture recordings

    Openly available teaching videos related to ALD, roughly in chronological order (newest first). Suggestions for items to add are welcome. 

  • Podcasts

  • Other educational materials on ALD

  • Abbreviations [WIP]

  • Feedback

  • Aalto Code of Conduct

    In this OpenLearning site, all activities will be carried out within the Aalto University Code of Conduct.