Bakri, Anis Suhaili and Nayan, Nafarizal and Soon, Chin Fhong and Ahmad, Mohd Khairul and Abu Bakar, Ahmad Shuhaimi and Abd Majid, Wan Haliza and Raship, Nur Amaliyana (2021) Structural and mechanical properties of a-axis AlN thin films growth using reactive RF magnetron sputtering plasma. Microelectronics International, 38 (3). pp. 99-104. ISSN 1356-5362, DOI https://doi.org/10.1108/MI-02-2021-0015.
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This paper aims to report the influence of sputtering plasma deposition time on the structural and mechanical properties of the a-axis oriented aluminium nitride (AlN) thin films. Design/methodology/approach The AlN films were prepared using RF magnetron sputtering plasma on a silicon substrate without any external heating with various deposition times. The films were characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), atomic force microscope (AFM) and nanoindentation techniques. Findings The XRD results show that the AlN thin films are highly oriented along the (100) AlN plane at various deposition times indicating the a-axis preferred orientation. All the AlN thin films exhibit hexagonal AlN with a wurtzite structure. The hardness and Young's modulus of AlN thin films with various deposition times were measured using a nanoindenter. The measured hardness of the AlN films on Si was in the range of 14.1 to 14.7 GPa. The surface roughness and the grain size measured using the AFM revealed that both are dependent on the deposition times. Originality/value The novelty of this work lies with a comparison of hardness and Young's modulus result obtained at different sputtering deposition temperature. This study also provides the relation of AlN thin films' crystallinity with the hardness of the deposited films.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | CREST Fund[P28C1-17], Universiti Malaya[LR001A-2016A], Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia GPPS Grant[H022] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Plasma deposition;Plasma;Nanoindentation;A-axis oriented AlN films;Crystal structure;RF magnetron sputtering |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) Q Science > QC Physics Q Science > QD Chemistry |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Aug 2022 04:09 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Aug 2022 04:09 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/28802 |
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