Deposition technique

Several techniques can be used for the growth of epitaxial thin films and heterostructures [17,18]. In the following, we will discuss only the physical vapor deposition methods mainly used to grow complex oxides, that is, molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), pulsed laser deposition (PLD), and sputtering. 

MBE has been very successfiil for preparing heterosystems with highly defined interfaces. The reproducible compositional control at atomic level makes MBE the method of choice for studies of artificial semiconductor heterostructures and device applications. MBE moved the first steps and was developing over the time in the semiconductor electronics [19,20]. Many industrial MBE systems have been developed because of the extremely good electronic properties of the MBE-grown materials. Today, MBE is used for large-scale production in solid-state electronics. 

More recently, MBE has become very popular in the field of nanoelectronics based on complex oxides [21], while it is still quite new in the field of nanoionics [22]. 

MBE applied to grow complex oxides has special requirements, since attention needs to be paid to the use of a proper oxidant gas, while keeping the strictly UHV vacuum conditions necessary for the MBE growth process, that is, the straight line trajectories of the molecular beams. Typically, purified ozone or plasma sources are efficiently used for their high oxidizing activity. 

The first oxide MBE growth was the LiNbOs films for waveguide applications on bulk crystal LiNbOs on sapphire (a-AlsOs) [24]. Then, more complex DyBasCusOy films were grown on SrTiOs, even though the reflection high- 

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Our studies also included IR spectroscopic investigation of the observed ions (Fig. 6.2). John Evans, who was at the time a spectroscopist at the Midland Dow laboratories, offered his cooperation and was able to obtain and analyze the vibrational spectra of our alkyl cations. It is rewarding that, some 30 years later, FT-IR spectra obtained by Denis Sunko and his colleagues in Zagreb with low-temperature matrix-deposition techniques and Schleyer s calculations of the spectra showed good agreement with our early work, considering that our work was... 

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Of practical interest are detailed studies to influence the magnetooptical properties of RE-TM materials by the substrate material and the substrate adhesion of RE-TM layers by the selected deposition technique (226). Accordingly, measurements have been performed on glass, BPA-polycarbonate, and poly(ethylene terephthalate) (as a flexible substrate). 

The shallow penetration of ion implantation would in itself make it appear useless as a technique for engineering appHcations however, there are several situations involving both physical and chemical properties in which the effect of the implanted ion persists to depths fat greater than the initial implantation range. The thickness of the modified zone can also be extended by combining ion implantation with a deposition technique or if deposition occurs spontaneously during the ion implantation process. In addition, ion implantation at elevated temperatures, but below temperatures at which degradation of mechanical properties could occur, has been shown to increase the penetration depths substantially (5). 

Epitaxial crystal growth methods such as molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) and metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) have advanced to the point that active regions of essentially arbitrary thicknesses can be prepared (see Thin films, film deposition techniques). Most semiconductors used for lasers are cubic crystals where the lattice constant, the dimension of the cube, is equal to two atomic plane distances. When the thickness of this layer is reduced to dimensions on the order of 0.01 )J.m, between 20 and 30 atomic plane distances, quantum mechanics is needed for an accurate description of the confined carrier energies (11). Such layers are called quantum wells and the lasers containing such layers in their active regions are known as quantum well lasers (12). 

Thin vitreous sHica films are usually formed by vapor depositioa or r-f sputteriag (see Thin films, film-DEPOSITION techniques). Vapor depositioa is geaerally effected by the pyrolytic decompositioa of tetraethoxysHane or another alkoxysHane. SHica has been most extensively used ia r-f sputteriag of... 

Thin films formed by atomistic deposition techniques are unique materials that seldom have handbook properties. Properties of these thin films depend on several factors (4), including substrate surface condition, the deposition process used, details of the deposition process and system geometry, details of film growth on the substrate surface, and post-deposition processing and reactions. For some appHcations, such as wear resistance, the mechanical properties of the substrate is important to the functionaHty of the thin film. In order to have reproducible film properties, each of these factors must be controUed. 

Surface Coverage. The surface-covering abiHty of deposition techniques is best when the materials are deposited from a vapor or from a fluid having no need for an appHed voltage. The macroscopic and microscopic surface coverage of a thin film deposited by PVD techniques on a substrate surface may be improved by the use of gas scattering and concurrent bombardment during film deposition. 

Carbon Composites. In this class of materials, carbon or graphite fibers are embedded in a carbon or graphite matrix. The matrix can be formed by two methods chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and coking. In the case of chemical vapor deposition (see Film deposition techniques) a hydrocarbon gas is introduced into a reaction chamber in which carbon formed from the decomposition of the gas condenses on the surface of carbon fibers. An alternative method is to mold a carbon fiber—resin mixture into shape and coke the resin precursor at high temperatures and then foUow with CVD. In both methods the process has to be repeated until a desired density is obtained. 

Easily decomposed, volatile metal carbonyls have been used in metal deposition reactions where heating forms the metal and carbon monoxide. Other products such as metal carbides and carbon may also form, depending on the conditions. The commercially important Mond process depends on the thermal decomposition of Ni(CO)4 to form high purity nickel. In a typical vapor deposition process, a purified inert carrier gas is passed over a metal carbonyl containing the metal to be deposited. The carbonyl is volatilized, with or without heat, and carried over a heated substrate. The carbonyl is decomposed and the metal deposited on the substrate. A number of papers have appeared concerning vapor deposition techniques and uses (170—179). 

Nowadays all over the world considerable attention is focused on development of chemical sensors for the detection of various organic compounds in solutions and gas phase. One of the possible sensor types for organic compounds in solutions detection is optochemotronic sensor - device of liquid-phase optoelectronics that utilize effect of electrogenerated chemiluminescence. In order to enhance selectivity and broaden the range of detected substances the modification of working electrode of optochemotronic cell with organic films is used. Composition and deposition technique of modifying films considerably influence on electrochemical and physical processes in the sensor. 

Figure 1 shows a segment of the FTIR absorbance spectrum of a thin film of the oxide of silicon deposited by chemical vapor deposition techniques. In this film, sil-... 

Different TiN-, TiC-, and TiAlN-based single layer coatings on steel alloyed with Cr, Ni, Mn, and WC were prepared by use of the cold vapor deposition technique. The thickness of the coatings varied from 2.7 to 6.4 pm. 

Additional metal layers can create bimetallic corrosion cells if discontinuities appear in service. The layer of copper beneath cadmium plate on aluminium (using a zincate plus cuprocyanide deposit technique) can cause corrosion troubles. When aluminium is plated with nickel and chromium, rapid service corrosion in the zinc layer causes exfoliation. 

Also noted is the rapid expansion of a number of materials produced by CVD, which include copper, tungsten, diamond, silicon carbide, silicon nitride, titanium nitride, and others. The coverage of the chemistry and deposition techniques of these materials has been greatly expanded. 

Stinton, D., Besmann, T., andLowden, R., Advanced Ceramics by Chemical Vapor Deposition Techniques, Ceram. Bui, 67(2) 350-355(1988)... 

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