Published August 25, 2006 | Version v1
Journal article

What Controls Deposition Rate in Electron-Beam Chemical Vapor Deposition?

  • 1. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332 (United States)

Description

The key physical processes governing electron-beam-assisted chemical vapor deposition are analyzed via a combination of theoretical modeling and supporting experiments. The scaling laws that define growth of the nanoscale deposits are developed and verified using carefully designed experiments of carbon deposition from methane onto a silicon substrate. The results suggest that the chamber-scale continuous transport of the precursor gas is the rate controlling process in electron-beam chemical vapor deposition

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
97
Journal Issue
8
Journal Page Range
p. 086101-086101.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38023689
Subject category
S36: MATERIALS SCIENCE;
Descriptors DEI
CARBON; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTRON BEAMS; METHANE; NANOSTRUCTURES; SCALING LAWS; SILICON; SIMULATION; SUBSTRATES
Descriptors DEC
ALKANES; BEAMS; CHEMICAL COATING; DEPOSITION; ELEMENTS; HYDROCARBONS; LEPTON BEAMS; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARTICLE BEAMS; SEMIMETALS; SURFACE COATING

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