Rare-Earth based Oxide and Nitride thin films employing volatile homoleptic guanidinate precursors.

Date
2009-10-09
Authors
Milanov, Andrian P.
Thiede, Tobias
Hellwig, Malte
Parala, Harish
Bock, Claudia
Becker, Hans-Werner
Ngwashi, Divine K.
Cross, R. B. M.
Paul, Shashi
Ukunze, Ulrich
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
ISSN
1938-6737
1938-5862
Volume Title
Publisher
The Electrochemical Society
Peer reviewed
Yes
Abstract
The application of the metalorganic compound tris(N,N'-diisopropyl-2-dimethlyamidoguanidinato)gadolinium(III) (1) as a precursor for MOCVD of Gd2O3 is discussed. Depositions were carried out in the presence of oxygen at reduced pressure and varying the substrate temperature in the range 300 - 700{degree sign}C. Employing a multi-technique approach (XRD, SEM, AFM, EDX, RBS, SNMS, SE, C-V), variations of the growth characteristics and film properties with deposition temperature are studied in terms of crystallinity, structure, surface roughness, composition, optical and electrical properties. In addition, the use of 1 as single source precursor for the MOCVD of GdN thin films is also demonstrated.
Description
Keywords
rare-earth high-k materials, low temperature deposition, C-V analysis
Citation
Milanov, A. P. (2009) Rare-Earth based Oxide and Nitride thin films employing volatile homoleptic guanidinate precursors. ECS Transactions. 25 (8), pp.143-150.
Research Institute
Institute of Engineering Sciences (IES)