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Growth of Cubic SiC Thin Films on Silicon from Single Source Precursors by Supersonic Jet Epitaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

Jin-Hyo Boo ,
Scott A. Ustin ,
Wilson Ho ,
H. Paul Maruska ,
Peter E. Norris ,
Ig-Hyeon Kim  and
Changmo Sung
Jin-Hyo Boo
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Clark Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Scott A. Ustin
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Clark Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Wilson Ho
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Clark Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
H. Paul Maruska
Affiliation:
NZ Applied Technologies, 8A Gill Street, Woburn, MA 01801
Peter E. Norris
Affiliation:
NZ Applied Technologies, 8A Gill Street, Woburn, MA 01801
Ig-Hyeon Kim
Affiliation:
Center for Advanced Materials, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854.
Changmo Sung
Affiliation:
Center for Advanced Materials, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, MA 01854.
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Abstract

Cubic SiC thin films have been grown by supersonic jet epitaxy of single molecular precursors on Si(100), Si(111) and Separation by IMplanted OXygen (SIMOX) silicon on insulator (SOI) substrates at temperatures in the range 780 - 1000 °C. Real-time, in situ optical reflectivity was used to monitor the film growth. Films were characterized by ellipsometry, x-ray diffraction (XRD), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Monocrystalline, crack-free epitaxial cubic SiC thin films were successfully grown at 830 °C on carbonized Si(111) substrates using supersonic molecular jets of dimethylisopropylsilane, (CH3)2CHSiH(CH3)2, and diethylmethylsilane, (CH3CH2)2SiHCH3. Highly oriented cubic SiC thin films in the [100] direction were obtained on SIMOX(100) at 900 °C with dimethylisopropylsilane and on Si(100) at 1000 °C with diethylmethylsilane. A carbonized Si(100) surface was found to enhance SiC deposition from diethylmethylsilane at a growth temperature of 950 °C.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 441: Thin Films – Structure and Morphology , 1996 , 705
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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