Advanced Atomic Layer Deposition: Ultrathin and Continuous Metal Thin Film Growth and Work Function Control Using the Discrete Feeding Method.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
The ultrathin and continuous ruthenium (Ru) film was deposited through an improved atomic layer deposition (ALD) process with a discrete feeding method (DFM), called DF-ALD, employing a cut-in purge step during the precursor feeding. The excess precursor molecules can be physically adsorbed onto the chemisorbed precursors on the substrate during precursor feeding, which screens the reactive sites on the surface. Using DF-ALD, surface coverage of precursors was enhanced because the cut-in purge removes the physisorbed precursors securing the reactive sites beneath them; thus, nucleation density was greatly increased. Therefore, the grain size decreased, which changed the microstructure and increased oxygen impurity concentration. However, a more metallic Ru thin film was formed due to thermodynamic stability and improved physical density. Consequently, DF-ALD enables the deposition of the ultrathin (3 nm) and continuous Ru film with a low resistivity of ∼60 μΩ cm and a high effective work function of ∼4.8 eV.