Plasma Assisted Processes of Thin Films and Nanostructures Growth
E. Krasheninnikov, M. Deminsky, A. Knijnik, V. Rusanov, and
Boris Potapkin (
)
RRC
Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, 123182, Russia.
Nanoelectronics is the challenging field required the development of new
methods and technologies for real implementation. Non-thermal plasma, because
of its non-thermal nature, can provide extra capabilities for the design and
creation of nanoscale objects, structures and films. The work is dedicated to
the application of non-equilibrium plasmas and other physical methods like
particle beams or UV radiation to the initiation, stimulation and control of
the processes of the thin films and nanostructures growth. Both original
results and detail overview are presented. The presentation is covering as
experimental as theoretical results in this field. Several lines of plasma
application are under consideration and in particular plasma and UV-O3
approach to the control of the chemical composition of the surface sites; ion
plasma catalysis of new phase formation processes and oxides film growth
through the oxidation of PVD deposited metal films; ions beams control of the
phase composition of growing and deposited films; theoretical and experimental
investigation of non-equilibrium plasmas assisted processes of nanoclusters
and nanoparticles growth. Special attention is devoted to the analysis of the
new opportunities, which plasma technique could bring for the nanoobjects
fabrication.