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SiO2 Formation at the Aluminum Oxide/Si(100) Interface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

A. Roy Chowdhuri ,
C. G. Takoudis ,
R. F. Klie  and
N. D. Browning
A. Roy Chowdhuri
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 810 S. Clinton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607–7000., USA.
C. G. Takoudis
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, 810 S. Clinton Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607–7000., USA.
R. F. Klie
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607–7059., USA.
N. D. Browning
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60607–7059., USA.
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Abstract

Thin films of aluminum oxide were deposited on clean Si(100) substrates using trimethylaluminum and oxygen at 300°C. Infrared spectroscopic and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analyses of these films showed no aluminum silicate or SiO2 phase formation at the film/substrate interface. The O/Al ratio in the as deposited film was found to be higher than that in stoichiometric Al2O3. On annealing the as deposited samples in Ar at higher temperatures, a peak due to the transverse optical phonon for the Si-O-Si stretching mode appeared in the infrared 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. Z-contrast images and electron energy loss spectra, obtained while heating the sample inside the scanning transmission electron microscope were used to follow the interfacial SiO2 formation.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 747: Symposia T/V – Crystalline Oxides on Semiconductors – Interfacial Issues for Oxide-Based Electronics , 2002 , V6.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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