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Microscopic Mechanisms of Cobalt Disilicide Nucleation in Silicon

Journal Solid State Phenomena (Volumes 108 - 109)
Volume Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology XI
Edited by B. Pichaud, A. Claverie, D. Alquier, H. Richter and M. Kittler
Pages 133-138
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.108-109.133
Citation V.A. Borodin et al., 2005, Solid State Phenomena, 108-109, 133
Online since December, 2005
Authors V.A. Borodin, M.O. Ruault, Mariya G. Ganchenkova, F. Fortuna
Keywords Ab Initio Simulation, Cobalt Disilicide, Precipitation, Silicon, TEM
Abstract

The paper presents the results of experimental in-situ observations of cobalt disilicide nucleation in Co+ implanted silicon and ab initio simulations of energies of small cobalt and cobaltvacancy clusters. Based on these results, microscopic nucleation mechanisms of different types of CoSi2 precipitates are discussed.

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