Thursday, January 15, 2015

Effect of focused ion beam deposition induced contamination on the transport properties of nano devices

Focused ion beam (FIB) deposition produces unwanted particle contamination beyond the deposition point. This is due to the FIB having a Gaussian distribution. This work investigates the spatial extent of this contamination and its influence on the electrical properties of nano-electronic devices. A correlation study is performed on carbon-nanotube (CNT) devices manufactured using FIB deposition. The devices are observed using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and these images are correlated with device electrical characteristics. To discover how far Pt-nanoparticle contamination occurs along a CNT after FIB electrical contact deposition careful TEM inspections are performed. The results show FIB deposition efficiently improves electrical contact; however, the practice is accompanied by serious particle contamination near deposition points. These contaminants include metal particles and amorphous elements originating from precursor gases and residual water molecules in the va...

Yann-Wen Lan, Wen-Hao Chang, Yuan-Chih Chang, Chia-Seng Chang and Chii-Dong Chen

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