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Effect of the Matrix on the Oxidation of Nanostructured Ge Granular Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

M.M. Waite ,
S. Ismat Shah  and
B.A. Doele
M.M. Waite
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716
S. Ismat Shah
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, P.O. Box 80356, Wilmington, DE 19880-0356
B.A. Doele
Affiliation:
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Central Research and Development, Experimental Station, P.O. Box 80356, Wilmington, DE 19880-0356
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Abstract

Nanostructured Ge granular thin films were prepared by magnetron sputtering of composite targets pressed from mixtures of Ge and ceramic powders. The ceramics used were Al2O3, MgO and SiO2. Films in the Gex(Al2O3)l-x system were composed of Ge particles 10-60 nm in size uniformly embedded in the ceramic matrix, particularly for low Ge concentration films. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to characterize these films. Samples were identified according to the coordination of Ge with the oxygen as (i) Ge-Ge4, (ii) Ge-Ge3O, (iii)Ge-Ge2O2, (iv) Ge-GeO3 and (v) Ge-O4. Using the modified Sanderson model1 and its modifications2, we found Ge oxidation to be largely composition dependent. Similar results were obtained for Ge granular films in MgO and SiO2 matrices.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 286: Symposium J – Nanophase and Nanocomposite Materials , 1992 , 49
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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