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Effects of sputtering gas pressure dependence of surface morphology of ZnO films fabricated via nitrogen mediated crystallization

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2016

Kazuya Iwasaki ,
Koichi Matsushima ,
Daisuke Yamashita ,
Hyunwoong Seo ,
Kazunori Koga ,
Masaharu Shiratani  and
Naho Itagaki
Kazuya Iwasaki*
Affiliation:
Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Koichi Matsushima
Affiliation:
Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Daisuke Yamashita
Affiliation:
Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Hyunwoong Seo
Affiliation:
Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Kazunori Koga
Affiliation:
Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Masaharu Shiratani
Affiliation:
Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
Naho Itagaki
Affiliation:
Kyushu University, Motooka 744, Fukuoka 819-0395, Japan
*
*(Email: [email protected])
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Abstract

ZnO films were fabricated by RF magnetron sputtering with nitrogen mediated crystallization (NMC) under various gas pressures. X-ray diffraction measurements show that the NMC-ZnO films are highly crystalline regardless of the gas pressure, and the full width at half maximum values of the (0002) rocking curves range from 0.032 to 0.044°. In contrast, atomic force microscopy (AFM) reveals that the gas pressure plays an important role in determining the surface morphology of the films. The root-mean-square (RMS) roughness decreases monotonically from 1.05 to 0.60 nm with increasing pressure from 0.2 to 0.7 Pa. However, the RMS roughness increases with further increases in the pressure, reaching 2.15 nm at 2.1 Pa. The height distribution of the NMC-ZnO films derived from the AFM images is narrowest at 0.7 Pa, indicating that the smooth surface obtained at 0.7 Pa can be attributed to spatially uniform nucleation occurring in a short time period. These results indicate that the sputtering gas pressure is a key parameter for controlling the surface morphology of NMC-ZnO films.

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sputteringoxidemorphology
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MRS Advances , Volume 2 , Issue 5: Electronics, Magnetics and Photonics , 2017 , pp. 265 - 270
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2016 

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