Bıyıklı, NecmiHaider A.2018-04-122018-04-1220170268-1242http://hdl.handle.net/11693/38223In this paper, we present the progress in the growth of nanoscale semiconductors grown via atomic layer deposition (ALD). After the adoption by semiconductor chip industry, ALD became a widespread tool to grow functional films and conformal ultra-thin coatings for various applications. Based on self-limiting and ligand-exchange-based surface reactions, ALD enabled the low-temperature growth of nanoscale dielectric, metal, and semiconductor materials. Being able to deposit wafer-scale uniform semiconductor films at relatively low-temperatures, with sub-monolayer thickness control and ultimate conformality, makes ALD attractive for semiconductor device applications. Towards this end, precursors and low-temperature growth recipes are developed to deposit crystalline thin films for compound and elemental semiconductors. Conventional thermal ALD as well as plasma-assisted and radical-enhanced techniques have been exploited to achieve device-compatible film quality. Metal-oxides, III-nitrides, sulfides, and selenides are among the most popular semiconductor material families studied via ALD technology. Besides thin films, ALD can grow nanostructured semiconductors as well using either template-assisted growth methods or bottom-up controlled nucleation mechanisms. Among the demonstrated semiconductor nanostructures are nanoparticles, nano/quantum-dots, nanowires, nanotubes, nanofibers, nanopillars, hollow and core-shell versions of the afore-mentioned nanostructures, and 2D materials including transition metal dichalcogenides and graphene. ALD-grown nanoscale semiconductor materials find applications in a vast amount of applications including functional coatings, catalysis and photocatalysis, renewable energy conversion and storage, chemical sensing, opto-electronics, and flexible electronics. In this review, we give an overview of the current state-of-the-art in ALD-based nanoscale semiconductor research including the already demonstrated and future applications.EnglishAtomic layer depositionIIInitrideMetal-oxideNanoscaleNanostructuredSelf-limitingSemiconductorAtomsCatalysisChemical sensorsCoatingsDepositionDepositsDielectric materialsEnergy conversionFlexible electronicsMetal nanoparticlesMetalsNanostructured materialsNanostructuresNanotechnologyProtective coatingsSelenium compoundsSemiconductor devicesSemiconductor growthSemiconductor materialsSurface reactionsTemperatureThin filmsTransition metalsWSI circuitsYarnIII-NitrideMetal oxidesNano scaleNano-structuredself-limitingAtomic layer depositionReview10.1088/1361-6641/aa7ade