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http://dx.doi.org/10.5757/JKVS.2007.16.6.474

Nanocrystalline Si formation inside SiNx nanostructures usingionized N2 gas bombardment  

Jung, Min-Cherl (Beamline Department, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH)
Park, Young-Ju (Nano-device Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Shin, Hyun-Joon (Beamline Department, Pohang Accelerator Laboratory, POSTECH)
Byun, Jun-Seok (Department of Physics, Kyung Hee University)
Yoon, Jae-Jin (Department of Physics, Kyung Hee University)
Park, Yong-Sup (Department of Physics, Kyung Hee University)
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Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society / v.16, no.6, 2007 , pp. 474-478 More about this Journal
Abstract
Nanostructures of $SiN_x$ were made by bombardment of ionized $N_2$ on Si surface and subsequent annealing. Atomic force micrograph showed the density of $SiN_x$ nanostructures was $3\times10^{10}/cm^2$. Their lateral size and height were 40$\sim$60 nm and 15 nm, respectively. The chemical state of the nanostructure was measured using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, which changed from $SiN_x$ to $Si_3N_4\;+\;SiN_x$ as the bombarding ionized gas current increases. Upon annealing, transmission electron micrograph showed a clear evidence for crystalline Si phase formation inside the $SiN_x$ nanostructures. Photoluminescence peak observed at around 400nm was thought to be originated from the interface states between the nanocrystalline Si and surrounding $SiN_x$ nanostructures.
Keywords
Si nanostructures; ion beam bombardment; XPS; $SiN_x$; photoluminescence; PL;
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