Fractal character of in situ heat treated metal-compound semiconductor contacts
| Autor: | László Dobos, I. Mojzes, Balazs Kovacs, Béla Pécz, L. Dávid |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Morphology (linguistics)
Materials science Scanning electron microscope Analytical chemistry Binary compound Atmospheric temperature range Condensed Matter Physics Fractal dimension Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics Electronic Optical and Magnetic Materials Metal chemistry.chemical_compound Fractal chemistry visual_art visual_art.visual_art_medium Indium phosphide Electrical and Electronic Engineering |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics. 17:321-324 |
| ISSN: | 1573-482X 0957-4522 |
| Popis: | The heat treatment of metallized (Au) compound semiconductors (InP) was studied by in situ scanning electron microscopy combined with mass spectrometry. Correlation was found between the change in the surface morphology and the volatile component loss caused by the material interactions taking place during the heat treatment. Our experiments proved that the surface morphology can be characterized by its fractal dimension at the maximum value of the volatile component loss. In this paper the dependence of the fractal dimension of the surface pattern on the heat treatment temperature (in a given temperature range), on the volatile component loss and on metal thickness is described. Changes of the surface morphology on the analyzed samples begin at different temperatures. The evaluated patterns were created describing contour lines of the metal islands on the surface. This island formation known as balling-up phenomenon is due to the heating up of the samples. In the case of the 10 and 30 nm Au/InP(100) samples the fractal behavior appeared nearly at the same temperature (470∘C α 490∘C). The examined thick Au(85 nm)/InP(100) contact showed a fractal character at a lower (385∘C) temperature. Although fractal dimension values could be obtained in a rather wide temperature range the surface had a real fractal character at only those temperatures where volatile component loss took place. |
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