Optimizing thin metal film deposition techniques from metal-organic precursors such as atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), or electron beam-induced deposition (EBID) with the help of surface science analysis tools in ultrahigh vacuum requires a contamination-free precursor delivery technique, especially in the case of the less volatile precursors. For this purpose, the preparation of layers of undecomposed Ni(acac)2 and Co(acac)2 was tried via pulsed spray evaporation of a liquid solution of the precursors in ethanol into a flow of nitrogen on a CVD reactor. Solvent-free layers of intact precursor molecules were obtained when the substrate was held at a temperature of 115 °C. A qualitative comparison of thermally initiated and electron-induced precursor decomposition and metal center reduction was carried out. All deposited films were analyzed with respect to chemical composition quasi in situ by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Thermally initiated decomposition yielded higher metal-to-metal oxide ratios in the deposit than the electron-induced process for which ratios of 60:40 and 20:80 were achieved for Ni and Co, resp. Compared to continuous EBID processes, all deposits showed low levels of carbon impurities of ∼10 at. %. Therefore, postdeposition irradiation of metal acetylacetonate layers by a focused electron beam and subsequent removal of intact precursor by dissolution in ethanol or by heating is proposed as electron beam lithography technique on the laboratory scale for the production of the metal nanostructures.
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July 2016
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June 22 2016
XPS study of thermal and electron-induced decomposition of Ni and Co acetylacetonate thin films for metal deposition
Theodor Weiss;
Theodor Weiss
Institut für Angewandte und Physikalische Chemie,
Universität Bremen
, Postfach 330440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
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Jonas Warneke;
Jonas Warneke
Institut für Angewandte und Physikalische Chemie,
Universität Bremen
, Postfach 330440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
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Volkmar Zielasek;
Volkmar Zielasek
a)
Institut für Angewandte und Physikalische Chemie,
Universität Bremen
, Postfach 330440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
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Petra Swiderek;
Petra Swiderek
Institut für Angewandte und Physikalische Chemie,
Universität Bremen
, Postfach 330440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
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Marcus Bäumer
Marcus Bäumer
Institut für Angewandte und Physikalische Chemie,
Universität Bremen
, Postfach 330440, D-28334 Bremen, Germany
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; electronic mail: zielasek@uni-bremen.de
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 34, 041515 (2016)
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Received:
February 26 2016
Accepted:
May 26 2016
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Theodor Weiss, Jonas Warneke, Volkmar Zielasek, Petra Swiderek, Marcus Bäumer; XPS study of thermal and electron-induced decomposition of Ni and Co acetylacetonate thin films for metal deposition. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 1 July 2016; 34 (4): 041515. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.4953469
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