Surface spectroscopy (UPS and AES) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) techniques have been used to study the chemical behavior of interfaces formed by Pt deposition (∼0.1–100 Å) on atomically clean Si(111) and Si(100) surfaces prepared by sputter/annealing. As shown by the annealing behavior of a thicker (∼100 Å) overlayer, growth of an intermixed phase begins only at ∼200–300 °C and leads to formation of a product which is stable to 500 °C. TEM observations show this product to be single‐phase PtSi. The UPS spectrum for PtSi is dominated by two distinct peaks at −3.7 and −6.2 eV, while the Si L2,3VV AES spectrum also show features characteristic of silicidelike bonding. With annealing above ∼400 °C, excess Si segregates to the top surface of the PtSi overlayer. Upon 25 °C deposition, both UPS and AES show clear indications of strong Pt/Si intermixing across the interface from the submonolayer range to ∼40 Å. In the low (submonolayer to few monolayer) coverage range at temperatures ≤300 °C, the new chemical bonds formed are similar but not identical to those for the PtSi. With increasing coverage the UPS peaks shift toward the Fermi energy as expected for a more Pt‐rich environment. For these thin layers (∼5–30 Å), TEM shows the presence of both Pt and silicide. Upon annealing to ∼300–400 °C, a mixture of PtSi with some Pt2Si is observed and the UPS and AES features become typical of PtSi; these features remain unchanged with higher temperature annealing until the Si surface segregation becomes appreciable.
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April 1984
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April 01 1984
Chemical reaction and silicide formation at the Pt/Si interface
R. Matz;
R. Matz
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598
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R. J. Purtell;
R. J. Purtell
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598
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Y. Yokota;
Y. Yokota
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598
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G. W. Rubloff;
G. W. Rubloff
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598
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P. S. Ho
P. S. Ho
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York 10598
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J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 2, 253–258 (1984)
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Received:
September 19 1983
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October 11 1983
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R. Matz, R. J. Purtell, Y. Yokota, G. W. Rubloff, P. S. Ho; Chemical reaction and silicide formation at the Pt/Si interface. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 1 April 1984; 2 (2): 253–258. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.572574
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