Atomic structure of the nanocrystalline Si particles appearing in nanostructured Si thin films produced in low-temperature radiofrequency plasmas - Archive ouverte HAL Access content directly
Journal Articles Journal of Applied Physics Year : 2002

Atomic structure of the nanocrystalline Si particles appearing in nanostructured Si thin films produced in low-temperature radiofrequency plasmas

Abstract

Nanostructured Si thin films, also referred as polymorphous, were grown by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The term “polymorphous” is used to define silicon material that consists of a two-phase mixture of amorphous and ordered Si. The plasma conditions were set to obtain Si thin films from the simultaneous deposition of radical and ordered nanoparticles. Here, a careful analysis by electron transmission microscopy and electron diffraction is reported with the aim to clarify the specific atomic structure of the nanocrystalline particles embedded in the films. Whatever the plasma conditions, the electron diffraction images always revealed the existence of a well-defined crystalline structure different to the diamondlike structure of Si. The formation of nanocrystallinelike films at low temperature is discussed. A Si face–cubic-centered structure is demonstrated here in nanocrystalline particles produced in low-pressure silane plasma at room temperature.
Fichier principal
Vignette du fichier
Viera_JAP_2002.pdf (3.77 Mo) Télécharger le fichier
Origin : Files produced by the author(s)
Loading...

Dates and versions

hal-00432375 , version 1 (16-11-2009)

Identifiers

Cite

Gregorio Viera, Maxime Mikikian, Enric Bertran, Pere Roca I Cabarrocas, Laifa Boufendi. Atomic structure of the nanocrystalline Si particles appearing in nanostructured Si thin films produced in low-temperature radiofrequency plasmas. Journal of Applied Physics, 2002, 92 (8), pp.4684. ⟨10.1063/1.1506382⟩. ⟨hal-00432375⟩
162 View
881 Download

Altmetric

Share

Gmail Facebook Twitter LinkedIn More