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Ion-Beam Induced Epitaxial Crystallization of NiSi2 And CoSi2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

M.C. Ridgway
Affiliation:
Microelectronics and Materials Technology Center, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
R.G. Elliman
Affiliation:
Microelectronics and Materials Technology Center, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
J.S. Williams
Affiliation:
Microelectronics and Materials Technology Center, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia Department of Electronic Materials Engineering, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Abstract

Ion—beam induced epitaxial crystallization (IBIEC) of amorphous N1Si2 and CoSi2 layers is demonstrated. Epitaxial metal suicide layers on (111) Si substrates were implanted with 40 keV Si ions to form amorphous surface layers. IBIEC of amorphous NiSi2 and CoSi2 layers was induced at 13—74°C with 1.5 MeV Ne ion irradiation and proceeded in a layer—by—layer manner from the original amorphous/crystalline interface with activation energies of 0.26 ± 0.07 and 0.21 ± 0.06 eV for N1Si2 and CoSi2, respectively.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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