Composition and Growth Kinetics of the Interfacial Layer for MOCVD HfO[sub 2] Layers on Si Substrates

2004 ◽  
Vol 151 (4) ◽  
pp. F77 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Van Elshocht ◽  
M. Caymax ◽  
S. De Gendt ◽  
T. Conard ◽  
J. Pétry ◽  
...  
1986 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. R. Zheng ◽  
L. R. Doolittle ◽  
J. W. Mayer

AbstractSilicide formation and growth are studied in three geometries: conventional planar thin films, lateral diffusion couples formed by depositing metal layers on Si islands, and device geometry couples formed by depositing metal on oxide-patterned Si substrates. The influence of impurities is studied by implanting arsenic and krypton into conventional and device geometry structures.Here we present growth kinetics of CrSi2 where the presence of impurities has a strong influence. Si transport dominates in disilicide formation and leads to erosion of contacts around the periphery of oxide windows. Implantation of arsenic suppresses CrSi 2 formation; with krypton implantation, the growth kinetics shifts from linear to square-root in character. We attribute these results to impurity segregation at interfaces or grain boundaries.


2004 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 3081-3089 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hyun-Mi Kim ◽  
Sung-Soo Yim ◽  
Ki-Bum Kim ◽  
Seung-Hyun Moon ◽  
Young-Woon Kim ◽  
...  

This paper describes the growth kinetics of an interfacial MgO layer as well as those of an MgB2 layer during ex situ annealing of the evaporated amorphous boron (a-B) film under Mg vapor overpressure. A thin MgO layer is formed at the interface between a-B and Al2O3 substrate before the formation of crystalline MgB2 layer and the interfacial layer is epitaxially related with Al2O3 substrate (MgO (111)[110] // Al2O3 (0001)[1100]). The interfacial MgO layer continues to grow during the annealing, and its apparent growth rate is about 0.1 nm/min. The analysis of MgB2 layer growth kinetics using cross-sectional transmission electron microscopy reveals that there exist two distinct growth fronts at both sides of an MgB2 layer. The growth kinetics of the lower MgB2 layer obeys the parabolic rate law during the entire annealing time. The growth of the upper MgB2 layer is controlled by the surface reaction between out-diffused boron and Mg vapor up to 10 min, resulting in a rough surface morphology of MgB2 layer. By considering the mass balance of Mg and boron during ex situ annealing, we obtained the diffusivities of Mg and boron in MgB2 layer which were in the same order range of approximately 10−12 cm2/s.


1991 ◽  
Vol 224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ki-Bum Kim ◽  
Jimmy C. Liao ◽  
Brad J. Burrow ◽  
Eileen A. Sullivan

AbstractWe have investigated the evolution of the microstructure, growth modes, and growth kinetics of β-SiC in a rapid thermal processor using FTIR, ESCA, and TEM. SiC layers were formed by reacting C2H4 with Si substrates between 900 and 1300°C at 5 torr. We found that SiC forms discrete nuclei at 900°C, a mixture of discrete nuclei with a thin β-SiC layer in between those nuclei at around 1000°C, and a continuous β-SiC layer above 1100°C. In all cases, β-SiC grows epitaxially on Si substrates. In addition, we identified that a graphitic carbon layer is formed on top of a continuous β-SiC layer. The thickness of the SiC layer was deduced from the integrated absorption spectra of FTIR and measured from the high resolution cross-sectional TEM micrographs. Kinetic data indicate that SiC grows rapidly at the initial stages of reaction. The growth rate, however, is retarded significantly as the reaction proceeds.


1990 ◽  
Vol 57 (26) ◽  
pp. 2808-2810 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Ting ◽  
H. Hwang ◽  
J. Lee ◽  
D. L. Kwong

Author(s):  
Shiro Fujishiro ◽  
Harold L. Gegel

Ordered-alpha titanium alloys having a DO19 type structure have good potential for high temperature (600°C) applications, due to the thermal stability of the ordered phase and the inherent resistance to recrystallization of these alloys. Five different Ti-Al-Ga alloys consisting of equal atomic percents of aluminum and gallium solute additions up to the stoichiometric composition, Ti3(Al, Ga), were used to study the growth kinetics of the ordered phase and the nature of its interface.The alloys were homogenized in the beta region in a vacuum of about 5×10-7 torr, furnace cooled; reheated in air to 50°C below the alpha transus for hot working. The alloys were subsequently acid cleaned, annealed in vacuo, and cold rolled to about. 050 inch prior to additional homogenization


1998 ◽  
Vol 536 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Wong ◽  
J. E. Bonevich ◽  
P. C. Searson

AbstractColloidal chemistry techniques were used to synthesize ZnO particles in the nanometer size regime. The particle aging kinetics were determined by monitoring the optical band edge absorption and using the effective mass model to approximate the particle size as a function of time. We show that the growth kinetics of the ZnO particles follow the Lifshitz, Slyozov, Wagner theory for Ostwald ripening. In this model, the higher curvature and hence chemical potential of smaller particles provides a driving force for dissolution. The larger particles continue to grow by diffusion limited transport of species dissolved in solution. Thin films were fabricated by constant current electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of the ZnO quantum particles from these colloidal suspensions. All the films exhibited a blue shift relative to the characteristic green emission associated with bulk ZnO. The optical characteristics of the particles in the colloidal suspensions were found to translate to the films.


2016 ◽  
Vol 58 (5) ◽  
pp. 418-421
Author(s):  
Fatma Ünal ◽  
Ahmet Topuz

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