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A Study of Nucleation and Growth in MOCVD: The Growth of Thin Films of Alumina

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 March 2011

M.P. Singh ,
S. Mukhopadhayay ,
Anjana Devi  and
S.A. Shivashankar
M.P. Singh
Affiliation:
Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
S. Mukhopadhayay
Affiliation:
Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
S.A. Shivashankar
Affiliation:
Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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Abstract

We have studied the nucleation and growth of alumina by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). The deposition of alumina films was carried out on Si(100) in a horizontal, hot-wall, low pressure chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor, using aluminum acetylacetonate{Al(acac)3}as the CVD precursor. We have investigated growth of alumina films as a function of different CVD parameters such as substrate temperature and total reactor pressure during film growth. Films were characterized by optical microscopy, X-ray diffractometry (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), cross-sectional SEM, and secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) compositional depth profiling. The chemical analysis reveals that the carbon is present throughout the depth of the films.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 648: Symposium P – Growth, Evolution & Properties of Surfaces, Thin Films, and Self Organized Structure , 2000 , P6.47
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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