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Structural properties and nanoindentation of AlN films by a filtered cathodic vacuum arc at low temperature

X H Ji et al 2004 J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 37 1472-1477   doi: 10.1088/0022-3727/37/10/009  Help

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X H Ji, S P Lau1, G Q Yu, W H Zhong and B K Tay
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore
1 Author to whom any correspondence should be addressed.
E-mail: esplau@ntu.edu.sg

Abstract. Aluminium nitride (AlN) films have been fabricated on Si(100) substrates by an ion-beam-assisted filtered cathodic vacuum arc technique at low temperature. The structural and mechanical properties of the AlN films have been investigated using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, by means of an x-ray diffractometer, visible Raman spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy and nanoindentation. The AlN films exhibit a predominant a-axis orientation with hardness as high as 14.5 GPa, which may be suitable for surface acoustic wave devices.

Print publication: Issue 10 (21 May 2004)
Received 16 December 2003
Published 28 April 2004

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