Nano-Heteroepitaxy: An Investigation of SiGe Nano-Pillars Coalescence

In this paper, SiGe nano-pillars coalescence was investigated using a 300 mm industrial Reduced Pressure-Chemical Vapour Deposition tool. An integration scheme based on diblock copolymer patterning provided nanometer size templates for the selective epitaxy of SiGe 25% nano-pillars. In order to stud...

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Published inECS transactions Vol. 86; no. 7; pp. 249 - 258
Main Authors Mastari, Marouane, Charles, Matthew, Bogumilowicz, Yann, Pimenta-Barros, Patricia, Argoud, Maxime, Tiron, Raluca, Papon, Anne-Marie, Muyard, Denise, Chevalier, Nicolas, Landru, Didier, Kim, Youngpil, Hartmann, Jean-Michel
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published The Electrochemical Society, Inc 20.07.2018
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Summary:In this paper, SiGe nano-pillars coalescence was investigated using a 300 mm industrial Reduced Pressure-Chemical Vapour Deposition tool. An integration scheme based on diblock copolymer patterning provided nanometer size templates for the selective epitaxy of SiGe 25% nano-pillars. In order to study merging, thicknesses ranging from 20 to 35 nm were grown and samples characterized by AFM, XRD, SSRM and TEM. The evolution in terms of grains shape, size and number was examined, with individual pillars merging into larger grains above 30 nm thickness. High degrees of macroscopic strain relaxation were obtained at the different stages of nano-pillars merging. Defects such as stacking faults and twins were identified as occurring at the early stages of nano-pillar coalescence.
ISSN:1938-5862
1938-6737
1938-6737
1938-5862
DOI:10.1149/08607.0249ecst