Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of aluminum oxide on Si:: Evidence of interface SiO2 formation

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Chowdhuri, AR
Takoudis, CG
Klie, RF
Browning, ND
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[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Chem Engn MC 110, Chicago, IL 60607 USA
[2] Univ Illinois, Dept Phys MC 273, Chicago, IL 60607 USA
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10.1063/1.1483903
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Thin films of aluminum oxide were deposited on H-passivated Si(100) substrate using trimethylaluminum and oxygen at 0.5 Torr and 300 degreesC. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analyses of these films showed no aluminum silicate phase at the film-substrate interface. The O/Al ratio in the deposited film was found to be higher than that in stoichiometric Al2O3. On annealing the as-deposited samples in Ar at 900 degreesC, an absorption peak due to the transverse optical phonon for the Si-O-Si stretching mode appeared in the FTIR spectra. A combination of Z-contrast imaging and electron energy-loss spectroscopy in the scanning transmission electron microscope confirmed that the annealed samples developed a layer of silicon dioxide at the aluminum oxide-Si interface. Our results suggest that excess oxygen present in the deposited film reacts with the underlying Si substrate and forms silicon oxide. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.
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