Copper films have been deposited on TiN and fluoropolymer substrates f
rom the KrF excimer-laser-assisted decomposition of Cu(hfac)(TMVS). Us
ing H-2 as the carrier gas, very uniform, shiny metal-like films were
deposited with grain size of 50 to 100 nm. XPS measurements show that
the precursor is reduced to metallic copper, and that a Cu/C atomic ra
tio of up to 17 is obtained.