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Al Islands on Si(111): Growth Temperature, Morphology and Strain

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S0544126924040063-1
DOI
10.31857/S0544126924040063
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Article
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Published
Authors
A. A. Lomov
  • Affiliation: Kurchatov Institute
Volume/ Edition
Volume 53 / Issue number 4
Pages
335-345
Abstract
The comprehensive structural studies of thin island Al films with a thickness of 20–50 nm deposited by magnetron sputtering on Si(111) substrates in an argon plasma at a pressure of 6*10–3 mbar and a temperature from 20 to 500°C are presented. Studies of the morphology and microstructure of the films were carried out using XRD, SEM, EDS and TEM methods. It has been found that most of the islands are Al {001} and Al {111} crystallites with lateral sizes of 10–100 nm, differently conjugated with Si(111) substrate. At room temperature of the substrate, only Al {001} crystallites are epitaxially formed on it. The Al {111} crystallites epitaxially grown on the substrate dominate as the substrate temperature increases about 400°C. The influence of the temperature of the Si(111) substrate on the process of epitaxial growth of crystallites, the dynamics of their shape and structural perfection is shown. It has been found that crystallites epitaxially connected to the substrate experience deformation ε = 7 × 10–3 and ε = –2 × 10–3 for Al {001} and Al {111}, respectively. It has been shown that for thin island Al films on Si(111), the dependence of the number of crystallization centers and the particle growth rate on the supercooling temperature is consistent with the band model of crystallization. At the same time, a shift in the characteristic temperatures for the zone boundaries is observed due to the properties of the substrate. This must be taken into account when engineering the surface morphology and structural perfection of crystallites in Al island magnetron films.
Keywords
алюминий кремний магнетронное распыление эпитаксия морфология микроструктура рентгеновская дифракция РЭМ и ПЭМ микроскопия
Date of publication
27.07.2025
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