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Mechanical properties of polycrystalline 3C-SiC thin films with various doping concentrations

도핑농도에 따른 다결정 3C-SiC 박막의 기계적 특성

  • 김강산 (울산대학교 전기전자정보시스템공학부) ;
  • 정귀상 (울산대학교 전기전자정보시스템공학부)
  • Published : 2008.07.31
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Abstract

This paper describes the mechanical properties of poly(polycrystalline) 3C-SiC thin films with various doping concentration, in which poly 3C-SiC thin fil's mechanical properties according to the n-doping concentration 1($9.2{\times}10^{15}cm^{-3}$), 3($5.2{\times}10^{17}cm^{-3}$), and 5%($6.8{\times}10^{17}cm^{-3}$) respectively were measured by nano indentation. In the case of $9.2{\times}10^{15}cm^{-3}n$-doping concentration, Young's modulus and hardness were obtained as 270 and 30 GPa, respectively. When the surface roughness according to n-doping concentrations was investigated by AFM(atomic force microscope), the roughness of poly 3C-SiC thin films doped by 5% concentration was 15 nm, which is also the best of them.

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