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Low Temperature Growth of MCN(M=Ti, Hf) Coating Layers by Plasma Enhanced MOCVD and Study on Their Characteristics  

Boo, Jin-Hyo (Department of Chemistry and Center for Advanced Plasma Surface Technology, Sungkyunkwan University)
Heo, Cheol-Ho (Department of Chemistry and Center for Advanced Plasma Surface Technology, Sungkyunkwan University)
Cho, Yong-Ki (School of Materials Engineering and Center for Advanced Plasma Surface Technology, Sungkyunkwan University)
Yoon, Joo-Sun (School of Materials Engineering and Center for Advanced Plasma Surface Technology, Sungkyunkwan University)
Han, Jeon-G. (School of Materials Engineering and Center for Advanced Plasma Surface Technology, Sungkyunkwan University)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.15, no.6, 2006 , pp. 563-575 More about this Journal
Abstract
Ti(C,N) films are synthesized by pulsed DC plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PEMOCVD) using metal-organic compounds of tetrakis diethylamide titanium at $200-300^{\circ}C$. To compare plasma parameter, in this study, $H_2$ and $He/H_2$ gases are used as carrier gas. The effect of $N_2\;and\;NH_3$ gases as reactive gas is also evaluated in reduction of C content of the films. Radical formation and ionization behaviors in plasma are analyzed in-situ by optical emission spectroscopy (OES) at various pulsed bias voltages and gas species. He and $H_2$ mixture is very effective in enhancing ionization of radicals, especially for the $N_2$. Ammonia $(NH_3)$ gas also highly reduces the formation of CN radical, thereby decreasing C content of Ti(C, N) films in a great deal. The microhardness of film is obtained to be $1,250\;Hk_{0.01}\;to\;1,760\;Hk_{0.01}$ depending on gas species and bias voltage. Higher hardness can be obtained under the conditions of $H_2\;and\;N_2$ gases as well as bias voltage of 600 V. Hf(C, N) films were also obtained by pulsed DC PEMOCYB from tetrakis diethyl-amide hafnium and $N_2/He-H_2$ mixture. The depositions were carried out at temperature of below $300^{\circ}C$, total chamber pressure of 1 Torr and varying the deposition parameters. Influences of the nitrogen contents in the plasma decreased the growth rate and attributed to amorphous components, to the high carbon content of the film. In XRD analysis the domain lattice plain was (111) direction and the maximum microhardness was observed to be $2,460\;Hk_{0.025}$ for a Hf(C,N) film grown under -600 V and 0.1 flow rate of nitrogen. The optical emission spectra measured during PEMOCVD processes of Hf(C, N) film growth were also discussed. $N_2,\;N_2^+$, H, He, CH, CN radicals and metal species(Hf) were detected and CH, CN radicals that make an important role of total PEMOCVD process increased carbon content.
Keywords
Ti(C, N) and Hf(C, N) coating layers; PE-MOCVD; Plasma diagnostics; OES; Microhardness; Low temperature coating process;
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