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Origin of the (110) Orientation of Y2O3 and CeO2 Epitaxial Films Grown on (100) Silicon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

R. L. Goettler ,
J. P. Maria  and
D. G. Schlom
R. L. Goettler
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802–5005, schlom@ems.psu.edu
J. P. Maria
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802–5005, schlom@ems.psu.edu
D. G. Schlom
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802–5005, schlom@ems.psu.edu
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Abstract

A perplexing issue in the growth of epitaxial oxide films on (100) silicon is the observed (110) orientation of yttria (Y2O3) and ceria (CeO2) despite the (100) orientation having a lower lattice mismatch. As expected, yttria-stabilized zirconia (YSZ) grows with the (100) orientation, yet it has a worse lattice match than both Y2O3(100) and CeO2(100) with silicon (100). The orientations observed would be expected if an epitaxial metal suicide layer forms initially during growth, before the oxidizing ambient is introduced. Calculation of the ensuing lattice mismatch between the oxide and suicide layer and multiplicity (σoxide) of the near coincident-site lattice for the oxide lattice shows that the (110) orientation is better lattice-matched than the (100) orientation for both Y2O3 (+2.3% × -2.4%, σoxide= 2, vs. -2.4% × +3.5%, σoxide = 4) and CeO2 (+1.8% × -4.0%, σoxide = 5, vs. 1.9% × 1.9%, σoxide= 5) and that for YSZ, (100) is better lattice matched than (110) (-0.8% × -1.6%, σoxide = 1, vs. -1.1 % × +4.8%, σoxide = 3). In each case, the in-plane orientation yielding the lowest mismatch with the suicide layer is consistent with the in-plane orientation observed between the oxide film and silicon substrate. Furthermore, the commonly observed rotational twinning in the oxide film can be accounted for by the expected orthogonal domain multipositioning in both the suicide and oxide layers. In CeO2, multipositioning allows two equally matched sets of orthogonal domains. One set consists of the two experimentally observed orientations (related by a 90° rotation). The other set is rotated 37° from the commonly observed orientations. Only the set with orientations aligned to the surface steps of Si(100) is observed, indicating the likely influence of graphoepitaxy in selecting between the two degenerate sets of orientations. When grown on Pt(100), Y2O3 grows with predominantly the (100) orientation and no (110) orientation, suggesting that without suicide formation, Y2O3 will grow with the expected well matched (100) orientation even when polar interfaces are involved.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 474: Symposium L – Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films III , 1997 , 333
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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