Thermal Atomic Layer Etching of Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3) Using Sequential Exposures of Niobium Pentafluoride (NbF5) and Carbon Tetrachloride (CCl4): A Combined Experimental and Density Functional Theory Study of the Etch Mechanism
Author(s) -
Varun Sharma,
Simon D. Elliott,
Tom Blomberg,
Suvi Haukka,
Michael Givens,
M. Tuominen,
Mikko Ritala
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
chemistry of materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.741
H-Index - 375
eISSN - 1520-5002
pISSN - 0897-4756
DOI - 10.1021/acs.chemmater.1c00142
Subject(s) - etching (microfabrication) , niobium oxide , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , analytical chemistry (journal) , materials science , oxide , silicon , nitride , layer (electronics) , transmission electron microscopy , niobium , halide , chemistry , inorganic chemistry , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , metallurgy , organic chemistry , engineering
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