Growth and characterization of highly oriented AlN films by DC reactive sputtering

Autor: Feby Jose, Bulusu Sravani, S. Dash, N. Ravi, A.K. Tyagi, R. Ramaseshan, Padmalochan Panda
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: AIP Conference Proceedings.
ISSN: 0094-243X
DOI: 10.1063/1.4917968
Popis: Wurtzite type AlN thin films were grown on Si (100) substrates at substrate temperatures (S.T.) varying from RT to 600 °C using DC reactive magnetron sputtering by keeping the parameters such as Ar/N2, power and target to substrate distance (TSD) constant. Evolution of preferred orientation of the deposited films was studied by GIXRD and a-axis orientation was observed at 400 °C. The residual stress measurement of these films was carried out by sin2ψ technique and they varied from tensile to compressive (R.T. to 600 °C). Highest hardness (HIT) was observed for 400 °C as 20 GPa, whereas highest modulus was observed for 600 °C as 264 GPa.
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