Selective chemical etching of hexagonal boron nitride compared to cubic boron nitride

被引:16
作者
Harris, SJ
Weiner, AM
Doll, GL
Meng, WJ
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[1] Phys. and Phys. Chemistry Department, General Motors R and D Center, Warren
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10.1557/JMR.1997.0060
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
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A BN film containing comparable amounts of sp(2) and sp(3) phases was subjected to a gas-phase chemical etch in a hot-filament environment containing 1% CH4 in H-2. After a partial etch, examination by FTIR shows that the sp(2) was preferentially etched, leaving a larger sp(3) fraction than in the unetched film. The possibility that preferential etching could be used to increase the purity of cBN films is discussed.
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