A study of pyrolysis of polymethylsiloxanes by Fourier transform infrared

This paper is dedicated to a comparative study of pyrolysis of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane and hexamethyldisiloxane, widely used as precursors for CVD of silicon dioxide films. The pyrolysis process was carried out in a hot-wall horizontal tube reactor made from quartz within the temperature range...

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Published inJournal of nanoscience and nanotechnology Vol. 11; no. 9; p. 8138
Main Authors Alexandrov, S E, Filatov, L A, Solovyeva, A S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.09.2011
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Summary:This paper is dedicated to a comparative study of pyrolysis of decamethylcyclopentasiloxane and hexamethyldisiloxane, widely used as precursors for CVD of silicon dioxide films. The pyrolysis process was carried out in a hot-wall horizontal tube reactor made from quartz within the temperature range 25-1000 degrees C. FTIR spectroscopy has been used for the analysis of gaseous reaction products in the exhaust line of the reactor. It has been found that transformation of DMPSO was initiated by the open ring in the precursor molecules with its further transformation to linear biradicals followed by the chain's growth due to radical reactions. HMDSO transformation is connected with separation of silanon, silyl and methyl radicals with following multi-type interactions of siloxane radicals and formation of non-rigorously organized three-dimensional molecules.
ISSN:1533-4880
DOI:10.1166/jnn.2011.5082