The method of the invention comprises accumulating experimental data or
obtaining existing data with regard to the optimal time-temperature
relationship of the deposition process on various film-formation stages
for various materials, forming nuclei of a selected material on the
surface of the treated object in the first stage under first
temperature-controlled conditions for the formation of nuclei of said
selected material, converting the nuclei of the aforementioned selected
material into island-structured deposited layer of said material by
causing lateral growth of the nuclei under second temperature-controlled
conditions; converting the island-structure layer into a continuously
interconnected cluster structure by causing further lateral growth of
said island-structured deposited layer under third temperature-controlled
conditions; forming a first continuous film of said material under fourth
temperature controlled conditions which provides said first continuous
film with predetermined properties; and then completing the formation of
a final coating film by growing at least one subsequent continuous film
of said material under fifth temperature-controlled conditions until a
film of a predetermined thickness is obtained. The fifth
temperature-controlled conditions may be characterized by a pulse-mode or
step-like variations of temperature in time with rapid cooling or heating
for obtaining high degree of crystallinity or for increase in the rate of
deposition. The method of the invention could be realized with the use of
the electroless deposition apparatus with instantaneous cooling or
heating of the object, e.g., a semiconductor substrate, in a deposition
chamber.