The Si3N4/TiN Interface: 2. Si3N4/TiN(001) Grown with a -7 V Substrate Bias and Analyzed In situ using Angle-resolved X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

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12-1-2012

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Angle-resolved x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (AR-XPS) was used to analyze Si3N4/TiN(001) bilayers grown by ultrahigh vacuum reactive magnetron sputter deposition onto MgO(001), with an electrically-floating substrate potential of -7 V, in mixed 1:1 Ar/N2 discharges maintained at a total pressure of 0.5 Pa (3.75 × 10-3 Torr). The TiN(001) films were grown at 600 °C and the 4-ML-thick Si3N4 overlayers at room temperature. AR-XPS spectra were obtained using incident monochromatic Al Kα x-radiation at 0.83401 nm. Si3N4/TiN(001) Ti 2p spectra reveal enhanced unscreened final-state satellite peaks, compared to Ti 2p spectra obtained from uncapped TiN(001), due to decreased electronic screening induced by Si3N4/TiN(001) bilayer interfacial polarization. © 2012 American Vacuum Society.

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Originally published as:

Haasch, R. T., Patscheider, J., Hellgren, N., Petrov, I., & Greene, J. E. (2012). The Si 3 N 4 /TiN Interface: 2. Si 3 N 4 /TiN(001) Grown with a −7 V Substrate Bias and Analyzed In situ using Angle-resolved X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Surface Science Spectra, 19(1), 42–51. https://doi.org/10.1116/11.20121002

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