The present invention relates to an apparatus and process for producing a
thin organic film on a substrate using an ultrasonic nozzle to produce a
cloud of micro-droplets in a vacuum chamber. The micro-droplets move
turbulently within the vacuum chamber, isotropically impacting and
adhering to the surface of the substrate. The resulting product has a
smooth, continuous, conformal, and uniform organic thin film, when the
critical process parameters of micro-droplet size, shot size, vacuum
chamber pressure, and timing are well-controlled, and defects such as
"orange peel" effect and webbing are avoided. The apparatus includes an
improved ultrasonic nozzle assembly that comprises vacuum sealing and a
separate, independent passageway for introducing a directed purging gas.