scholarly journals Etching Characteristics of SixNy Film on Textured Single Crystalline Silicon Surface Using Ar/CF4 and He/CF4 Surface-Discharge Plasma

Coatings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 563
Author(s):  
Toshiyuki Hamada ◽  
Shunsuke Masuda ◽  
Kazuki Nishida ◽  
Soma Yamamoto

In this study, we investigated the characteristics of electrode grooves formed by etching silicon nitride (SixNy) films using surface-discharge plasma under Ar/CF4 and He/CF4 gases on the basis of differences in the widths of the electrode grooves etched on the SixNy film. The widths of the grooves etched using Ar as the carrier gas were narrower than those etched using He, and the etching speed achieved using Ar was higher than that achieved using He. Furthermore, the electrode groove created by surface-discharge plasma gradually widened as etching time and applied voltage increased.

RSC Advances ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1357-1362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jing Han ◽  
Song Xu ◽  
Jiapeng Sun ◽  
Liang Fang ◽  
Hua Zhu

Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations of nanoindentation on a (100) oriented silicon surface were performed to investigate the mechanical behavior and phase transformation of single crystalline silicon.


2012 ◽  
Vol 512-515 ◽  
pp. 106-109 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi Hao Wang ◽  
Fei Chen ◽  
Qiang Shen ◽  
Lian Meng Zhang

Single-crystalline silicon nitride nanowires with high purity, controlled dimensionality have been prepared via nitriding the nanocrystalline silicon powders at 1300°C~1400°C. The nanocrystalline silicon powders with average particle size of 20-80nm were obtained by cryomilling with the liquid nitrogen as the medium. Scanning electron microscopy, high resolution transmitted electron microscope, X-ray diffraction and UV-lamp microzone Raman spectrometer were used to characterize the as-synthesized nanowires. The effects of nitridation process (reaction temperature and holding time) and the particle size of nanocrystalline silicon powders on the phase and microstructure of the silicon nitride nanowires were analyzed. The obtained results show that the diameter of the nanowires can be controlled in the range of 40~100nm, and the length of 10~80 μm. The formation of the nanowires can be explained by the vapor-solid growth mechanism. The room temperature photoluminescence spectra show that the silicon nitride nanowires exhibit a broad visible emission band which ranges from 370 nm to 700 nm.


2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 142-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.V. Sachenko ◽  
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V.P. Kostylev ◽  
V.G. Litovchenko ◽  
V.G. Popov ◽  
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