Epitaxial Growth and Properties of Transition Metal Carbide Thin Films PDF Download

Author: Peijiao Fang
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Languages : en
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Author: Hans Högberg
Publisher: Uppsala Universitet
ISBN: 9789155446451
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 55

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Author: Jun Lu
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ISBN: 9789155442781
Category : Thin films
Languages : en
Pages : 44

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Author: John Gilbert Wright
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Languages : en
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Continued improvements in the efficiency and speed of computation and telecommunication requires leveraging the properties of novel materials and materials interfaces. Superconductivity, a phenomenon that until now has not seen widespread application in microelectronic devices, appears poised for extensive implementation in technologies such as single flux quantum (SFQ) digital logic and Josephson junction-based quantum computing. The development of these technologies requires addressing outstanding materials challenges, such as realizing new materials and devices to enable improvements such as increased circuit density for SFQ circuits and low microwave noise Josephson junctions for enhanced coherence time superconducting qubits. Furthermore, while the existing nitride semiconductor materials have enabled new applications in optoelectronics, power electronics, and RF electronics, the ability to integrate these materials in epitaxial structures containing metallic and superconducting thin film materials creates new dimensions in the design space of semiconductor devices, allowing for the creation of novel devices. With these goals in mind, we have pursued the integration of metallic and superconducting transition metal nitrides, such as NbN and TiN, with III-N semiconductors (AlN, GaN, InN). Firstly, we have studied the growth and properties of NbN and TiN films grown by molecular beam epitaxy. We demonstrate that exceptionally high quality epitaxial thin films of NbN can be grown, and that tuning of the growth variables, such as elemental fluxes and substrate temperature, can control the structural phase and superconducting properties of the resultant NbN films. We demonstrate, for the first-time, phase pure beta-Nb2N thin films of the hexagonal crystal structure, and examine their superconducting and structural properties. Additionally, to better understand the electronic properties of both NbN and NbN/III-N interfaces, we examine the electronic interface between GaN and NbN using both Schottky barrier diodes and SX-ARPES, presenting the k-resolved imaging of the electronic states at this technologically interesting materials interface. To enable the realization of hybrid metal-semiconductor nitride devices, a detailed study of the growth of AlN and GaN on NbN is performed. We demonstrate that lattice misfit, surface energy mismatch, and chemical compatibility all present challenges to the realization of these heterostructures. Through the development of new growth strategies, we overcome these issues and demonstrate the growth of high crystal quality epitaxial AlN thin films grown on NbN. Finally, we utilize these films and heterostructures to fabricate several devices. We demonstrate the utilization of ultra-thin epitaxial NbN to fabricate superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPD). Utilizing the piezoelectric properties of AlN and the metallic properties of NbN, we fabricate epitaxial bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonators. Finally, using NbN films as superconducting electrodes and an AlN film as a wide band gap semiconductor, we examine the properties of MBE grown NbN/AlN/NbN Josephson junctions.

Author: Lu Jiao
Publisher: Open Dissertation Press
ISBN: 9781361011973
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 118

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This dissertation, "Growth of Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Thin Films by Molecular Beam Epitaxy" by Lu, Jiao, 焦璐, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD) have attracted intensive research interests due to their extraordinary properties and potential applications in electronics and optoelectronics. In this thesis, epitaxial growths of two-dimensional (2D) MoSe2 and WSe2 thin films were carried out in Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE). Multiple characterization techniques were employed to investigate thin films' structural, morphological, electronic and optical properties. A series of submonolayer MoSe2 coverage samples have been grown on highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) substrate. Growth temperature and post-growth annealing temperature were seen to have obvious impacts on film's morphology and crystal quality. Layer-by-layer growth mode has been identified for the Van der Waals epitaxy of MoSe2 on HOPG. Dense networks of inversion domain boundaries (IDBs) have been observed in as-grown MoSe2 epifilms by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and their density can be tuned by changing the MBE conditions. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) measurements reveal mid-gap electronic states associated with the IDB defects. STS measurements also reveal energy bandgaps of monolayer (ML) and bilayer (BL) MoSe2. ML WSe2 thin films were also grown at varying conditions on HOPG substrates through the Van der Waals epitaxy process and the growth characteristics were found similar to that of MoSe2. However, differences are also noted, particularly about the IDB defects. Contrary to MoSe2, as-grown WSe2 films do not contain the line defects. The reason behind such differences will be discussed. Finally, besides the STM/S studies about the morphological and electronic properties of MBE MoSe2 and WSe2 films, high quality samples have been synthesized on graphene-on-SiC substrate with reduced defect density and well-controlled thicknesses for some ex situ characterizations by photoluminescence and Raman spectroscopy methods. The results will be summarized and discussed in this thesis. Subjects: Molecular beam epitaxy Metallic films

Author: Max G Lagally
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814496162
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 508

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This book provides a critical assessment of the current status and the likely future directions of thin-film growth, an area of exceptional technological importance. Its emphasis is on descriptions of the atomic-scale mechanisms controlling the dynamics and thermodynamics of the morphological evolution of the growth front of thin films in diverse systems of fundamental and technological significance. The book covers most of the original and important conceptual developments made in the 1990s. The articles, written by leading experts, are arranged in five major categories — the theoretical basis, semiconductor-on-semiconductor growth, metal-on-metal growth, metal-on-semiconductor growth, and removal as the inverse process of growth. This book, the only one of its kind in this decade, will prove to be an indispensable reference source for active researchers, those having peripheral interest, and graduate students starting out in the field.

Author: Luc T. Wille
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Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 306

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The MRS Symposium Proceeding series is an internationally recognised reference suitable for researchers and practitioners.

Author: James S. Speck
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 588

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Our understanding and control of epitaxial oxide heterostructures has progressed along multiple frontiers including magnetic, dielectric, ferroelectric, and superconducting oxide materials. This has resulted in both independent rediscovery and the successful borrowing of ideas from ceramic science, solid-state physics, and semiconductor epitaxy. A new field of materials science has emerged which aims at the use of the intrinsic properties of various oxide materials in single-crystal thin-film form. Exploiting the potential of these materials, however, will only be possible if many fundamental and engineering questions can be answered. This book represents continued progress toward fulfilling that promise. Technical information on epitaxial oxide thin films from industry, academia and government laboratories is presented. Topics include: dielectrics; ferroelectrics; optics; superconductors; magnetics; magnetoresistance.

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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 702

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Author: Andrejs Petruhins
Publisher: Linköping University Electronic Press
ISBN: 917685342X
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Pages : 78

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MAX phases are a group of nanolaminated ternary carbides and nitrides, with a composition expressed by the general formula Mn+1AXn (?? = 1 ? 3), where M is a transition metal, A is an A-group element, and X is carbon and/or nitrogen. MAX phases have attracted interest due to their unique combination of metallic and ceramic properties, related to their inherently laminated structure of a transition metal carbide (Mn+1Xn) layer interleaved by an A-group metal layer. This Thesis explores synthesis and characterization of magnetic MAX phases, where the A-group element is gallium (Ga). Due to the low melting point of Ga (T = 30 °C), conventional thin film synthesis methods become challenging, as the material is in liquid form at typical process temperatures. Development of existing methods has therefore been investigated, for reliable/reproducible synthesis routes, including sputtering from a liquid target, and resulting high quality material. Routes for minimizing trial-and-error procedures during optimization of thin film synthesis have also been studied, allowing faster identification of optimal deposition conditions and a simplified transfer of essential deposition parameters between different deposition systems. A large part of this Thesis is devoted towards synthesis of MAX phase thin films in the Cr-Mn-Ga-C system. First, through process development, thin films of Cr2GaC were deposited by magnetron sputtering. The films were epitaxial, however with small amount of impurity phase Cr3Ga, as confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements. The film structure was confirmed by scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) and the composition by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) inside the TEM. Inspired by predictive ab initio calculations, the new MAX phase Mn2GaC was successfully synthesized in thin film form by magnetron sputtering. Structural parameters and magnetic properties were analysed. The material was found to have two magnetic transitions in the temperature range 3 K to 750 K, with a first order transition at around 214 K, going from non-collinear antiferromagnetic state at lower temperature to an antiferromagnetic state at higher temperature. The Neél temperature was determined to be 507 K, changing from an antiferromagnetic to a paramagnetic state. Above 800 K, Mn2GaC decomposes. Furthermore, magnetostrictive, magnetoresistive and magnetocaloric properties of the material were iv determined, among which a drastic change in lattice parameters upon the first magnetic transition was observed. This may be of interest for magnetocaloric applications. Synthesis of both Cr2GaC and Mn2GaC in thin film form opens the possibility to tune the magnetic properties through a solid solution on the transition metal site, by alloying the aforementioned Cr2GaC with Mn, realizing (Cr1-xMnx)2GaC. From a compound target with a Cr:Mn ratio of 1:1, thin films of (Cr0.5Mn0.5)2GaC were synthesized, confirmed by TEM-EDX. Optimized structure was obtained by deposition on MgO substrates at a deposition temperature of 600 ºC. The thin films were phase pure and of high structural quality, allowing magnetic measurements. Using vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), it was found that (Cr0.5Mn0.5)2GaC has a ferromagnetic component in the temperature range from 30 K to 300 K, with the measured magnetic moment at high field decreasing by increasing temperature. The remanent moment and coercive field is small, 0.036 ?B, and 12 mT at 30 K, respectively. Using ferromagnetic resonance spectroscopy, it was also found that the material has pure spin magnetism, as indicated by the determined spectroscopic splitting factor g = 2.00 and a negligible magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy. Fuelled by the recent discoveries of in-plane chemically ordered quaternary MAX phases, so called i-MAX phases, and guided by ab initio calculations, new members within this family, based on Cr and Mn, were synthesized by pressureless sintering methods, realizing (Cr2/3Sc1/3)2GaC and (Mn2/3Sc1/3)2GaC. Their structural properties were determined. Through these phases, the Mn content is the highest obtained in a bulk MAX phase to date. This work has further developed synthesis processes for sputtering from liquid material, for an optimized route to achieve thin films of controlled composition and a high structural quality. Furthermore, through this work, Mn has been added as a new element in the family of MAX phase elements. It has also been shown, that alloying with different content of Mn gives rise to varying magnetic properties in MAX phases. As a result of this Thesis, it is expected that the MAX phase family can be further expanded, with more members of new compositions and new properties.