Ion-, photo-electron- and laser -assisted analytical investigation of nano-structured mixed HfO2-SiO2 and ZrO2-SiO2 thin films

Autor: H. Vonmont, Andrea Zattin, Cinzia Sada, Eugenio Tondello, Lidia Armelao, Silvia Gross, V. Di Noto, Ulrich S. Schubert, Davide Bleiner
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Applied surface science 249 (2005): 277–294. doi:10.1016/j.apsusc.2004.12.008
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Armelao L., Bleiner D., Di Noto V., Gross S., Sada C., Schubert U., Tondello A., Vonmont H., Zattin A./titolo:Ion-, photo-electron-and laser-assisted analytical investigation of nano-structured mixed HfO2-SiO2 and ZrO2-SiO2 thin films/doi:10.1016%2Fj.apsusc.2004.12.008/rivista:Applied surface science/anno:2005/pagina_da:277/pagina_a:294/intervallo_pagine:277–294/volume:249
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2004.12.008
Popis: In this study, the surface and depthwise composition of hafnium- and zirconium-based inorganic–organic hybrid layers, as well as of binary HfO 2 –SiO 2 and ZrO 2 –SiO 2 thin films, obtained by calcination at high temperature ( T = 800 °C) of the hybrid films, were analysed by using different analytical methods which can deliver complementary information on chemical composition and both in-depth and lateral distribution of the species. In particular, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to investigate the chemical composition of the thin films (quantitative analysis, oxidation states, nature of the interaction between host matrix and guest species) on the surface as well along the film thickness. The depthwise distribution of the involved species was thoroughly investigated by means of secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). Information concerning the lateral distribution of the species was gained also by laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS). Finally, the dielectric response of two samples was characterized through broadband dielectric spectroscopy, which provided a value of ɛ ′( ω ) ranging from 7.5 to 9.5 for a film without the cluster, while in a sample embedding the hafnium cluster these values range in the interval 7.2–7.4. The information obtained by the different analytical methods demonstrated the formation of a homogeneous in-depth nanocomposition of the thin films, which would be suitable for frontier applications.
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