Ion Beam Deposition of Materials At 40–200 Ev: Effect of Ion Energy And Substrate Temperature On Interface, Thin Film And Damage Formation

1985 ◽  
Vol 51 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Herbots ◽  
B.R. Appleton ◽  
S.J. Pennycook ◽  
T.S. Noggle ◽  
R.A. Zuhr

ABSTRACTIon beam deposition (IBD), the process whereby magnetically analyzed ions are directly deposited on single crystal substrates, has been studied for 74Ge and 30Si ions on Si(100) and Ge(100). The effects of sputtercleaning prior to deposition and substrate temperature during deposition were investigated. Three analytical techniques were systematically used to obtain information on the deposited films: (1) Rutherford backscattering combined with ion channeling, (2) cross-section TEM, and (3) Seeman-Bohlin X-ray diffraction. In the energy range explored (40–200 eV), the width of the interface between the IBD film and the substrate was found to be always less than 1 nm. Each IBD layer was highly uniform in thickness and composition for deposition temperatures from 300 K to 900 K. Without prior sputter-cleaning and annealing of the Si(100) and Ge(100) substrates, no epitaxy was observed. UHV conditions were found to be a requirement in order to grow crystalline Si films presenting bulk-like density. This was not the case for Ge films which showed bulk-like density for IBD at higher pressures. Results on the first Si/Ge superstructure grown by IBD are also shown.

1997 ◽  
Vol 485 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. R. Khan ◽  
H. Frey

AbstractSilicon films of thicknesses (100 – 800 nm) are deposited on Si[111] substrate at 490°C using Si+ ions of energies (20 – 70 eV) from Silane plasma. The structure of the films depends on the energy of Si+ ions and the film grows epitaxially for ion energy <20 eV. Si films are analyzed by X-ray diffraction technique.


1993 ◽  
Vol 2 (2-4) ◽  
pp. 285-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Lifshitz ◽  
G.D. Lempert ◽  
S. Rotter ◽  
I. Avigal ◽  
C. Uzan-Saguy ◽  
...  

1991 ◽  
Vol 70 (10) ◽  
pp. 5623-5628 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. M. Lau ◽  
I. Bello ◽  
X. Feng ◽  
L. J. Huang ◽  
Qin Fuguang ◽  
...  

1991 ◽  
Vol 223 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Kataoka ◽  
K. Ito ◽  
N. Hoshi ◽  
T. Yonemitsu ◽  
K. Etoh ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe x-ray reflectivity and surface morphology of C/W multilayers fabricated by ion beam sputtering (IBS) method was evaluated. Also the surface roughness and amorphous structure of C and W films fabricated by direct ion beam deposition (DIBD) method were evaluated as a function of ion energy. The reflectivity was measured by the C-K line (4.47nm) and STM was used for surface roughness measurement and root-mean-square value of correlation function of the RHEED pattern was used for evaluation of amorphous structure. The reflectivity of C/W multilayer was about 69% of the theoretical one, and micro-columnar structures were observed from STM images. The film structure and surface roughness of DIBD film were changed with the depositing ion energy. The surface roughness of films becomes smaller as the depositing energy becomes higher in the energy range from 20 to 140eV.


1994 ◽  
Vol 354 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. C. Hofsäss ◽  
C. Ronntng ◽  
U. Griesmeier ◽  
M. Gross

AbstractWe have studied the growth and the properties of CN films prepared by deposition of mass separated 12C+ and 14N+ ions. The film thickness and density were determined as a function of ion energy between 20 eV and 500 eV and for substrate temperatures of 20 °C and 350 °C. Sputtering effects limit the maximum N concentration to about 30 - 40 at.% even for ion energies as low as 20 eV. IR absorption measurements indicate predominantly C-N and C=N bonding and an amorphous or strongly disordered CN-network. For room temperature deposited CN films with N concentrations up to 25 at.% I-V curves of metal-CN-metal devices show Frenkel-Poole behavior due to field-enhanced thermal activation of localized electrons. Films deposited at 350 °C have N concentrations below 15 at.% and graphitic properties like low resistivity and a density close to graphite.


1987 ◽  
Vol 110 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. L. Barthell ◽  
T. A. Archuleta ◽  
Ram Kossowsky

AbstractCalcium hydroxyapatite has been sputtered on glass and Ti-6Al-4V substrates using a 1.5-kV argon ion beam. The films have been examined by x-ray diffraction analysis, energy dispersive spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and adhesion testing. Results of this experimentation are presented.


2000 ◽  
Vol 648 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.Yu. Belov ◽  
H.U. Jäger

AbstractAtomic-scale calculations were performed for the first time to investigate mechanical properties of amorphous carbon films grown by a realistic simulation of ion-beam deposition. The simulated films have a thickness of a few nanometers and reproduce the main structural features of real films, with the bulk content of sp3 bonded atoms varying from 35 to 95%, depending on the ion energy (E = 20-80 eV). Employing empirical interatomic potentials for carbon, the average bulk stresses as well as the atomic-level stress distributions were calculated and analysed. The bulk stresses were found to depend not only on the ion energy, but also on the film quality, in particular, on such structural inhomogeneities as local fluctuations of the sp3 fraction with the depth. The local variation of the bulk stress from the average value considerably increases as the local content of sp2 bonded atoms increases. Elastic constants of amorphous carbon films were also computed using the method of inner elastic constants, which allows for the stress dependence of elastic constants to be analysed. The variation of Young's modulus as a function of the lateral bulk stress in an amorphous film is demonstrated.


1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 374-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
J-G. Choi ◽  
D. Choi ◽  
L.T. Thompson

A series of molybdenum nitride films were synthesized by implanting energetic nitrogen ions into molybdenum thin films. The resulting films were characterized using x-ray diffraction to determine the effects of nitrogen ion dose (4 × 1016−4 × 1017 N+/cm2), accelerating voltage (50–200 kV), and target temperature (∼298–773 K) on their structural properties. The order of structural transformation with increased incorporation of nitrogen ions into the Mo film can be summarized as follows: Mo → γ−Mo2N → δ−MoN. Nitrogen incorporation was increased by either increasing the dose or decreasing the ion energy. At elevated target temperatures the metastable B1–MoN phase was also produced. In most cases the Mo nitride crystallites formed with the planes of highest atomic density parallel to the substrate surface. At high ion energies preferential orientation developed so that the more open crystallographic directions aligned with the ion beam direction. We tentatively attributed this behavior to ion channeling effects.


1988 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. Haynes ◽  
R. A. Zuhr ◽  
S. J. Pennycook

ABSTRACTIn this paper, we demonstrate the growth of heteroepitaxial thin films of GaAs at low temperatures on Si(100) and Ge(100) substrates by direct deposition from controlled, low-energy (30-50 eV), mass-separated beams of 69Ga+ and 75As+ ions. This represents the first use of two fully ionized beams for the growth of compound semiconductor thin films. Mixing of the constituents was accomplished by periodically switching tile analyzing magnet to alternate between deposition of Ga and As at approximately monolayer intervals. Ion channeling and transmission electron microscopy show that GaAs films grown on Ge substrates at 400°C are free of the microtwins and stacking fault defects which emanate from the interface of GaAs similarly grown on Si. Single-crystal GaAs films with ion channeling minimum yields of around 6% have been grown on Ge(100) substrates at temperatures from 520°C down to as low as 320°C.


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