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Irradiation Effect of Nitrogen Ion Beam on Carbon Nitride Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2011

Shinichiro Aizawa ,
Yuka Nasu ,
Masami Aono ,
Nobuaki Kitazawa  and
Yoshihisa Watanabe
Shinichiro Aizawa
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, National Defense Academy, Kanagawa 239–8686, Japan
Yuka Nasu
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, National Defense Academy, Kanagawa 239–8686, Japan
Masami Aono
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, National Defense Academy, Kanagawa 239–8686, Japan
Nobuaki Kitazawa
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, National Defense Academy, Kanagawa 239–8686, Japan
Yoshihisa Watanabe
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, National Defense Academy, Kanagawa 239–8686, Japan
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Abstract

Irradiation effect of low-energy nitrogen ion beam on amorphous carbon nitride (a-CNx) thin films has been investigated. The a-CNx films were prepared on silicon single crystal substrates by hot carbon-filament chemical vapor deposition (HFCVD). After deposition, the CNx films were irradiated by a nitrogen ion beam with energy from 0.1 to 2.0 keV. Irradiation effect on the film microstructure and composition was studied by SEM and XPS, focusing on the effect of nitrogen ion beam energy. Surface and cross sectional observations by SEM reveal that the as-deposited films show a densely distributed columnar structure and the films change to be a sparsely distributed cone-like structure after irradiation. It is also found that 2.0 keV ions skeltonize the films more clearly than 0.1 kev ions. Depth profiles of nitrogen in the films observed by XPS show that nitrogen absorption into films is more prominent after irradiation by 0.1 keV nitrogen ions than 2.0 keV ions.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 792: Symposium R – Radiation Effects and Ion Beam Processing of Materials , 2003 , R3.2
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2004

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