Semiconductor polar

A few examples of surface charging of semiconductors polarized to certain potential by an external potentiostat under pristine conditions are presented in Chapter 3, Uptake of strongly adsorbing species by such electrodes has been also studied [6], but these results will not be discussed in this book. Adsorption of ions on sufficiently conductive materials can be enhanced or depressed by external electric potentials. This property would be beneficial in wastewater treatment, namely, the adsorbents can be regenerated without use of chemicals. Model calculations demonstrated that the potentials sufficient to enhance or depress the uptake by over an order of magnitude are low enough to avoid electroplating or electrolysis of water [7]. 

Positive-Tone Photoresists based on Dissolution Inhibition by Diazonaphthoquinones. The intrinsic limitations of bis-azide—cycHzed mbber resist systems led the semiconductor industry to shift to a class of imaging materials based on diazonaphthoquinone (DNQ) photosensitizers. Both the chemistry and the imaging mechanism of these resists (Fig. 10) differ in fundamental ways from those described thus far (23). The DNQ acts as a dissolution inhibitor for the matrix resin, a low molecular weight condensation product of formaldehyde and cresol isomers known as novolac (24). The phenoHc stmcture renders the novolac polymer weakly acidic, and readily soluble in aqueous alkaline solutions. In admixture with an appropriate DNQ the polymer s dissolution rate is sharply decreased. Photolysis causes the DNQ to undergo a multistep reaction sequence, ultimately forming a base-soluble carboxyHc acid which does not inhibit film dissolution. Immersion of a pattemwise-exposed film of the resist in an aqueous solution of hydroxide ion leads to rapid dissolution of the exposed areas and only very slow dissolution of unexposed regions. In contrast with crosslinking resists, the film solubiHty is controUed by chemical and polarity differences rather than molecular size. 

In order to develop the dyes for these fields, characteristics of known dyes have been re-examined, and some anthraquinone dyes have been found usable. One example of use is in thermal-transfer recording where the sublimation properties of disperse dyes are appHed. Anthraquinone compounds have also been found to be usehil dichroic dyes for guest-host Hquid crystal displays when the substituents are properly selected to have high order parameters. These dichroic dyes can be used for polarizer films of LCD systems as well. Anthraquinone derivatives that absorb in the near-infrared region have also been discovered, which may be appHcable in semiconductor laser recording. 

For films on non-metallic substrates (semiconductors, dielectrics) the situation is much more complex. In contrast with metallic surfaces both parallel and perpendicular vibrational components of the adsorbate can be detected. The sign and intensity of RAIRS-bands depend heavily on the angle of incidence, on the polarization of the radiation, and on the orientation of vibrational transition moments [4.267]. 

Solid-state electronic devices such as diodes, transistors, and integrated circuits contain p-n junctions in which a p-type semiconductor is in contact with an n-type semiconductor (Fig. 3.47). The structure of a p-n junction allows an electric current to flow in only one direction. When the electrode attached to the p-type semiconductor has a negative charge, the holes in the p-type semiconductor are attracted to it, the electrons in the n-type semiconductor are attracted to the other (positive) electrode, and current does not flow. When the polarity is reversed, with the negative electrode attached to the n-type semiconductor, electrons flow from the n-type semiconductor through the p-type semiconductor toward the positive electrode. 

The mean-square amplitude of nonequilibrium noise, quite in contrast to that of equilibrium thermal noise, may reach rather high values for instance, hundreds of millivolts during anodic polarization of semiconductors (Parkhutik and Timashev, 2000). 

It was learned that pitting-type metal and semiconductor corrosion is attended by the generation of noise seen in the form of dynamic irregularities in the changes of the anodic potential and current density. Thus, electrochemical noise studies were applied to the corrosion and passivation of metals and to their activation by external chemical (activating additives in the electrolyte) or electrochemical (anodic or cathodic polarization) agents. 

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