Intermixing between HfO2 and GeO2 films deposited on Ge(001) and Si(001) : role of the substrate

Thermally driven atomic transport in HfO2 /GeO2/substrate structures on Ge 001 and Si 001 was investigated in N2 ambient as function of annealing temperature and time. As-deposited stacks showed no detectable intermixing and no instabilities were observed on Si. On Ge, loss of O and Ge was detected...

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Authors: Soares, Gabriel Vieira, Krug, Cristiano, Miotti, Leonardo, Bastos, Karen Paz, Lucovsky, Gerald, Baumvol, Israel Jacob Rabin, Radtke, Claudio
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2011
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repository:Repositório Institucional da UFRGS
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/141673
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10183/141673
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Plasma CVD
Semicondutores elementares
Silício
Compostos de háfnio
Germânio
Crescimento de semicondutores
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Summary:Thermally driven atomic transport in HfO2 /GeO2/substrate structures on Ge 001 and Si 001 was investigated in N2 ambient as function of annealing temperature and time. As-deposited stacks showed no detectable intermixing and no instabilities were observed on Si. On Ge, loss of O and Ge was detected in all annealed samples, presumably due to evolution of GeO from the GeO2 /Ge interface. In addition, hafnium germanate is formed at 600 °C. Our data indicate that at 500 °C and above HfO2 /GeO2 stacks are stable only if isolated from the Ge substrate.