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July 2008
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Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures Processing, Measurement, and Phenomena
ISSN 1071-1023
EISSN 1520-8567
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Review Article
Gas-assisted focused electron beam and ion beam processing and fabrication
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1197–1276 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2955728
Regular Articles
Structural and electrical properties of thin films deposited on substrates by rf-magnetron sputtering
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1277–1280 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2932090
System-level line-edge roughness limits in extreme ultraviolet lithography
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1289–1293 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2932100
Highly reliable growth process of carbon nanowalls using radical injection plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1294–1300 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2938397
Metal-containing release layers for use with UV-cure nanoimprint lithographic template materials
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1301–1304 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2939258
Stable field emission from screen-printed ZnO-tetrapod emitters
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1305–1308 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2939259
Conformal filling of silicon micropillar platform with
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1309–1314 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2939260
Synthesis and characterization of nanocomposites
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1315–1320 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2939262
Preparation and field emission property of nanodiamond-cluster-embedded diamondlike carbon film
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1321–1325 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2945297
Smooth sidewall in InP-based photonic crystal membrane etched by -based inductively coupled plasma
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1326–1333 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2945299
Characterization of photoconductive CdS thin films prepared on glass substrates for photoconductive-sensor applications
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1334–1337 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2945301
Interfacial and electrical properties of films deposited by liquid-delivery metal organic chemical vapor deposition to be used as high- gate dielectric
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1338–1343 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2945302
Metal nanoparticle embedded porous thin films prepared by oblique angle coevaporation
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1344–1349 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2949106
Optical and photocatalytic properties of oblique angle deposited nanorod array
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1350–1358 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2949111
bilayer Ohmic contact on
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1359–1362 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2949116
A thermocompressive bonding method using a pure sputtered Au layer and its wafer scale package application
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1363–1367 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2952461
Improvement in GaN and AlGaN/GaN Schottky diode performance by reduction in epitaxial film dislocation density
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1368–1372 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2953724
Etching rate, optical transmittance, and charge trapping characteristics of Al-rich thin film fabricated by rf magnetron cosputtering
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1373–1378 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2953727
Flexible organic light-emitting diodes with improved performance by insertion of an UV-sensitive layer
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1379–1381 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2953729
Effects of film reoxidation on the growth and material properties of ultrathin dielectrics grown by rapid thermal nitridation in ammonia
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1382–1389 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2953730
Direct UV-imprint lithography using conductive nanofiller-dispersed UV-curable resin
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1390–1394 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2953731
Comparison between GaN thin film grown by femtosecond and nanosecond pulsed laser depositions
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1398–1403 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2956631
Spherical field emission cathode based on carbon nanotube paste and its application in luminescent bulbs
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1404–1406 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2958243
A study of patterning and annealing effects on the performance of magnetic planar inductor
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1407–1411 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2958245
High sensitivity cantilevers for measuring persistent currents in normal metal rings
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1412–1416 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2958247
Effect of contact metals on the piezoelectric properties of aluminum nitride thin films
J. Harman; A. Kabulski; V. R. Pagán; P. Famouri; K. R. Kasarla; L. E. Rodak; J. Peter Hensel; D. Korakakis
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1417–1419 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2958253
Electrical characteristics of Schottky contacts to plasma-etched AlGaN
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1420–1424 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2958254
Brief Reports and Comments
Etching of TiN-based gates for advanced complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor devices
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1440–1444 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2953732
Shop Notes
Influence of vacuum environment on conductive atomic force microscopy measurements of advanced metal-oxide-semiconductor gate dielectrics
L. Aguilera; W. Polspoel; A. Volodin; C. Van Haesendonck; M. Porti; W. Vandervorst; M. Nafria; X. Aymerich
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1445–1449 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2958246
Errata
PAPERS FROM THE 35th ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTERFACES
Organics
Interfacial effects in thin films of polymeric semiconductors
Jonathan Rivnay; Leslie H. Jimison; Michael F. Toney; Michael Preiner; Nicholas A. Melosh; Alberto Salleo
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1454–1460 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2952454
Single molecule measurements with photoelectron emission microscopy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1461–1465 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2932094
Complex Oxides
Depth-resolved cathodoluminescence spectroscopy study of defects in
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1466–1471 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2918315
Oxide Semiconductors
Effects of oxygen contents in the active channel layer on electrical characteristics of ZnO-based thin film transistors
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1472–1476 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2918329
Impact of near-surface native point defects, chemical reactions, and surface morphology on ZnO interfaces
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1477–1482 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2919158
Characterization of Quantum Structures
Theory of electron tunneling through a scanning tunneling microscopy-tip/quantum dot junction
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1483–1487 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2918321
Imaging classical and quantum structures in an open quantum dot using scanning gate microscopy
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1488–1491 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2958239
Quantum ring formation and antimony segregation in nanostructures
R. Timm; A. Lenz; H. Eisele; L. Ivanova; M. Dähne; G. Balakrishnan; D. L. Huffaker; I. Farrer; D. A. Ritchie
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1492–1503 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2952451
Strain Phenomena
Basal plane dislocation reduction for 8° off-cut, 4H-SiC using in situ variable temperature growth interruptions
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1504–1507 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2918317
Carrier Dynamics
Interaction of microwaves with photoelectrons in semiconductors
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1508–1515 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2945296
III-V Surfaces
As-rich phases investigated by in situ surface x-ray diffraction
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1516–1520 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2918314
Magnetic Tunnel Junctions
Interface structure and transport of complex oxide junctions
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1521–1525 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2956626
Spintronics
Magnetocapacitance effect in heterojunctions
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1526–1529 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2929861
Electronic signature of MnAs phases in bare and buried films grown on GaAs(001)
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1530–1533 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2957614
Nanostructures
Nitride Semiconductors
Steady state and transient behavior of currents in planar Schottky diodes and mechanism of current collapse
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1542–1550 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2929865
Fabrication and characterization of novel monolayer InN quantum wells in a GaN matrix
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1551–1559 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2957620
Integration
Highly efficient vertical outgassing channels for low-temperature InP-to-silicon direct wafer bonding on the silicon-on-insulator substrate
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1560–1568 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2943667
III-V MOS Structures
Admittance study of GaAs high- metal-insulator-semiconductor capacitors with Si interface control layer
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1569–1578 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2952456
Oxides on Si
Atomic scale dielectric constant near the interface
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1579–1584 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2937734
Optimum ambient pressure during HfAlO pulsed-laser deposition in field effect transistors
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1585–1587 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2952464
Characteristics of lanthanum hafnium oxide deposited by electron cyclotron resonance atomic layer deposition
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1588–1591 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2936233
Nanoscale Contacts
Nickel and nickel silicide Schottky barrier contacts to -type silicon nanowires
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1592–1596 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2939256
and molecular contacts to GaAs
Azadeh Ahktari-Zavareh; Wenjie Li; Karen L. Kavanagh; Aaron J. Trionfi; Jason C. Jones; John L. Reno; Julia W. P. Hsu; A. Alec Talin
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1597–1601 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2919159
PAPERS FROM THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOMATERIALS
Atomic force microscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy-spectroscopy characterization of ZnO nanobelts
T. G. G. Maffeïs; M. W. Penny; M. R. Brown; K. W. Liew; D. Fu; N. Tsolakoglou; C. J. Wright; S. P. Wilks
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1606–1608 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2838048
Tunable double dots and Kondo enhanced Andreev transport in InAs nanowires
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1609–1612 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2839634
Generation of dc spin current in a narrow channel with Rashba and Dresselhaus spin-orbit interactions
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1624–1627 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2908440
Dimensionality in metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors: A comparison of one-dimensional and two-dimensional ballistic transistors
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, 1628–1631 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2908442
Letters
Synthesis of nitrogen passivated rare-earth doped hafnia thin films and high temperature electrochemical conduction studies
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, L33–L35 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2957622
Ion beam synthesis of Ni nanoparticles embedded in quartz
J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 26, L36–L40 (2008)
https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2956624
Future of plasma etching for microelectronics: Challenges and opportunities
Gottlieb S. Oehrlein, Stephan M. Brandstadter, et al.
Novel low-temperature and high-flux hydrogen plasma source for extreme-ultraviolet lithography applications
A. S. Stodolna, T. W. Mechielsen, et al.
High-efficiency metalenses for zone-plate-array lithography
Henry I. Smith, Mark Mondol, et al.