ISSN:
1077-3118
Quelle:
AIP Digital Archive
Thema:
Physik
Notizen:
Previous reports show that, among all rare-earth silicides, GdSi1.7 is the most difficult one to grow epitaxially with a good crystalline quality on a Si substrate. However, this letter shows that by using channeled implantation, a continuous GdSi1.7 layer with good crystalline quality (χmin=10%) can be formed by implantation of 90 keV Gd ions in Si(111). Besides, the hexagonal phase of the GdSi1.7 layer is stable up to a temperature of 850 °C for 30 min, which is much more stable than previously reported. After annealing at temperatures ≥900 °C for 30 min, the hexagonal GdSi1.7 phase transforms into the orthorhombic GdSi2 phase. Rutherford backscattering/channeling, transmission electron microscopy, and x-ray diffraction are used in this study. © 1996 American Institute of Physics.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.116567
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