Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-gvvz8 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-28T01:09:06.583Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Studies of electron energy loss near edge structure at the interface between Si and amorphous carbon films deposited by direct carbon ion beams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

M. H. Sohn ,
S. I. Kim  and
K. Siangchaew
M. H. Sohn
Affiliation:
SKION Corporation, 50 Harrison Street, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
S. I. Kim
Affiliation:
SKION Corporation, 50 Harrison Street, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
K. Siangchaew
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030
Get access

Abstract

Using direct carbon ion beam deposition, in situ surface modification was performed by an energetic C- beam (400 and 500 eV) prior to amorphous carbon film growth to enhance adhesion of the film. It has been found from high-resolution electron microscopy that the C and Si mixing layer at the interface causes strong adhesion of the film. Electron energy loss spectroscopy was used to investigate chemical states of the C and Si mixing layer at the interface. The carbon composition profile in silicon showed that the thickness of the mixing layer was about 30 nm for 500 eV modification (at 200 °C). Silicon L-edge study at the C/Si interface found C–Si bond formation only at the surface of silicon over 2–3-nm-thick layers. The C–Si bond formation is a function of C- ion impingement energy. The thickness of the bonding layer decreased to less than 1 nm for 400 eV surface modification. When the substrate was modified by a 500-eV C- beam at 800 °C, the thickness of the SiC layer was about 10 nm. C–Si bond formation was enhanced by the supplemental thermal energy.

Type
Articles
Information
Journal of Materials Research , Volume 14 , Issue 8 , August 1999 , pp. 3221 - 3225
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

REFERENCES

1.Sohn, M.H. and Kim, S.I., J. Mater. Res. 14, 2668 (1999).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2.Hoffman, A., Gouzman, I., and Brener, R., Appl. Phys. Lett. 64(7), 845 (1994).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
3.Galan, L., Montero, I., and Rueda, F., Surf. Coat. Technol. 83, 103 (1996).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
4.Yamamoto, K., Koga, Y., Yase, K., Fujiwara, S., and Kubota, M., Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 36, L230 (1997).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
5.Muench, W.V. and Pfaffeneder, I., Thin Solid Films 31, 39 (1976).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
6.Kong, H.S., Glass, J.T., and Davis, R.F., J. Mater. Res. 4, 204 (1989).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
7.Liaw, H.P. and Davis, R.F., J. Electrochem. Soc. 132(3), 642 (1985).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
8.Kaneda, S., Sakamoto, Y., Mihara, T., and Tanaka, T., J. Crystal Growth 81, 536 (1987).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
9.Sohn, M.H., Ahn, Y.O., Ko, Y.W., Park, Y., and Kim, S.I., in IonSolid Interactions for Materials Modification and Processing, edited by Poker, D.B., Ila, D., Cheng, Y-T., Harriott, L.R., and Sigmon, T.W. (Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 396, Pittsburgh, PA, 1996), p. 629.Google Scholar
10.McKenzie, D.R., Berger, S.D., and Brown, L.M., Solid State Commun. 59(5), 325 (1986).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
11.Batson, P.E., Inst. Phys. Conf. Ser. 117, Sec. 2, 55 (1991).Google Scholar
12.McKenzie, D.R., Bruley, J., and Smith, G.B., Appl. Phys. Lett. 53(23), 2284 (1988).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
13.Skiff, W.M., Carpenter, R.W., and Lin, S.H., J. Appl. Phys. 58, 3463 (1985).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
14.Egerton, R.F., in Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy in the Electron Microscope (Plenum Press, 1986).Google Scholar
15.Sze, S.M., in Semiconductor Devices, Physics and Technology (John Wiley & Sons, 1985).Google Scholar
16.McKenzie, D.R., Savvides, N., Mills, D.R., McPhedran, R.C., and Botten, L.C., Solar Energy Mater. 9, 113 (1983).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
17.Fangqing, Z., Guangha, C., Zhi, L., and Hui-Sheng, W., J. Non-Cryst. Solids 59/60, 565 (1983).CrossRefGoogle Scholar