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Monte Carlo Modeling of Atom Transport During Directed Vapor Deposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

J. F. Groves  and
H. N. G. Wadley
J. F. Groves
Affiliation:
Intelligent Processing of Materials Laboratory, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903.
H. N. G. Wadley
Affiliation:
Intelligent Processing of Materials Laboratory, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22903.
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Abstract

Atomic vapor transport has been investigated in the low vacuum (5 – 100 Pa) supersonic gas jets encountered in directed vapor deposition processes using a combination of Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) techniques and a bimolecular collision model. The DSMC code generates the velocity vector, pressure, and temperature field for the carrier gas flow. This data is used as an input to a bimolecular collision model of atomic vapor transport in the flow. In the collision model, calculation of directed momentum loss cross-sections allows the location of carrier gas/vapor atom collisions to be deduced, and the vapor atom velocity vectors for individual vapor atoms to be tracked from source to substrate. For atoms arriving at the substrate, the impact location and velocity vector are obtained, making possible calculation of deposition efficiency, film thickness, adatom energy, and impact angle. These are the key inputs for simulations of resulting film microstructure/morphology evolution. Preliminary results for atomic transport of Cu vapor in supersonic He flows compare favorably with previously reported experimental observations.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 441: Thin Films – Structure and Morphology , 1996 , 541
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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