Chemical resistance of thin film materials based on metal oxides grown by atomic layer deposition

Autor: Aivar Tarre, Aleks Aidla, Ivan Netšipailo, Peeter Ritslaid, Jaan Aarik, Jelena Asari, Väino Sammelselg, Lauri Aarik
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Thin Solid Films. 542:219-224
ISSN: 0040-6090
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2013.06.079
Popis: Etching rate of technologically important metal oxide thin films in hot sulphuric acid was investigated. The films of Al-, Ti-, Cr-, and Ta-oxides studied were grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) method on silicon substrates from different precursors in large ranges of growth temperatures (80–900 °C) in order to reveal process parameters that allow deposition of coatings with higher chemical resistance. The results obtained demonstrate that application of processes that yield films with lower concentration of residual impurities as well as crystallization of films in thermal ALD processes leads to significant decrease of etching rate. Crystalline films of materials studied showed etching rates down to values of
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