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Spontaneous Growth of Nickel Silicide Nanowires and Formation of Self-Assembled Nanobridges by the Metal Induced Growth Method

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Joondong Kim ,
Wayne A. Anderson  and
Young-Joo Song
Joondong Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Wayne A. Anderson
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA
Young-Joo Song
Affiliation:
High-Speed SoC team, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Insititute, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-350, Korea
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Abstract

Nickel monosilicide (NiSi) nanowires (NWs) have been fabricated by the metal induced growth (MIG) method. Ni as a catalyst was deposited on a SiO2 coated Si wafer. In a DC magnetron sputtering system, the Ni reacts at 575°C with sputtered Si to give nanowires. Different metal catalysts (Co and Pd) were used to prove the MIG NW growth mechanism. NiSi NWs were a single crystal structure, 20-80 nm in diameter and 1-10 μm in length. The linear NW growth property provided nanobridge formation in a trenched Si wafer. The trenches in a Si wafer were made by dry etching and a simple, conventional metal lift off method. The self-assembled nanobridge can be applied to form nanocontacts at relatively low temperatures. The MIG NB is a promising 1 dimensional nanoscale building block to satisfy the need of ‘self and direct’ assembled ‘bottom-up’ fabrication concepts.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 872: Symposium J – Micro- and Nanosystems—Materials and Devices , 2005 , J7.2
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2005

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