Low residual stress in hydrogenated amorphous silicon-carbon films deposited by low-temperature PECVD
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Low residual stress in hydrogenated amorphous silicon-carbon (a-SixC1-x:H) films prepared
by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) at temperature range of 100–200 ◦C
was obtained. Profilometry, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and atomic force
microscopy (AFM) measurements were carried out to characterize the films. The residual
stress of each deposited film was calculated using profilometry measurements and the
Stoney equation. The results showed that the residual stress decreases as the power density
is reduced, or the temperature or the silane/methane ratio are increased. There is a deposition pressure at around 750mTorr at which low residual stress is promoted. The residual
stress showed a correlation with the carbon incorporation in the form of C–Hn molecules.
The residual stress depends on the deposition regime: assisted either by silane radicals (also
known as “silane starving plasma” (SSP)) or by both silane and methane radicals. Considering that the carbon incorporation under SSP regime is more controlled, there is a higher
probability of having low residual stress in this regime. In agreement with the characterization, the most favorable PECVD parameters were selected to obtain a-SixC1-x:H films with
low residual stress (below 100 MPa) within the temperature range (100–200 ◦C). These results
are useful in areas such as flexible electronic devices, implantable devices, microfluidic systems, and microelectromechanical systems, among others, in which the materials and the
parameters of fabrication are degraded or modified by temperature above 200 ◦C.
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Herrera-Celis J, et al. Low residual stress in hydrogenated amorphous silicon-carbon films deposited by low-temperature PECVD. J Mater Res Technol. 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmrt.2019.09.026
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