Electron-induced chemical vapor deposition by reactions induced in adsorbed molecular layers
- 19 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 53 (12) , 1095-1097
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.100655
Abstract
We demonstrate the feasibility of electron-induced chemical vapor deposition of thin films using low-energy electrons to induce reactions in adsorbed molecular layers. Amorphous hydrogenated silicon, silicon dioxide, silicon oxynitride, and silicon nitride films have been deposited by establishing adsorbed Si2H6, Si2H6-O2, Si2H6-NO, and Si2H6-NH3 layers at 100 K and using 300–1000 eV electron beams.Keywords
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