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High temperature evolution of a confined silicon layer

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The temperature-induced phase and morphology changes of a thin layer sandwiched between two substrates which it partially wets are investigated using transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and x-ray scattering techniques. For this, SiC wafers were bonded with Si layers of various thicknesses and annealed at temperatures below and above the Si melting point. Below the melting point of Si, solid-state dewetting occurs. It starts with the heterogeneous nucleation of pits at the Si/SiC interfaces and progresses to their partial transformation into voids crossing the whole film. The further growth of voids is accompanied with an increase in the Si film thickness. Final equilibrium is shown to be impacted by Si crystallographic state evolution. Above the Si melting temperature, liquid Si drives SiC interfaces step bunching. When high steps and large terraces are formed over the two SiC surfaces, Si is shown to be trapped within quasi-closed pockets. Eventually, the interface locally closes around these Si inclusions with the creation of SiC/SiC direct contacts. The influence of both annealing temperatures and Si film thickness on all these processes is discussed.
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hal-04628219 , version 1 (28-06-2024)

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Maëlle Le Cunff, François Rieutord, Didier Landru, Oleg Kononchuk, Nikolay Cherkashin. High temperature evolution of a confined silicon layer. Journal of Applied Physics, 2024, 135 (24), ⟨10.1063/5.0205878⟩. ⟨hal-04628219⟩
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