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Tailored Organometallics as Low-Temperature CVD Precursors to Thin Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Gregory S. Girolami ,
James A. Jensen ,
John E. Gozum  and
Deborah M. Pollina
Gregory S. Girolami
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Sciences and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
James A. Jensen
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Sciences and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
John E. Gozum
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Sciences and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
Deborah M. Pollina
Affiliation:
School of Chemical Sciences and Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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Abstract

We have been investigating the use of “tailored” organo-metallic precursors for the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) of thin films in an effort to open up new approaches to the low-temperature synthesis of ceramic, electronic, and optical materials that contain transition metals. Following our approach to the successful deposition of high-quality titanium carbide thin films at 150–250°C from tetraneopentyltitanium, we have extended this technique to the preparation of other carbides, such as ZrC, HfC, TaC, and WC, at temperatures some 1000°C lower than previous CVD methods from the metal halides and methane. The details of the thermolysis of the organometálico precursors are most consistent with a mechanism involving homolysis of M-C bonds to give alkyl radicals followed by C-C and C-H bond activation steps. Metal diboride thin films such as TiB2, ZrB2, and HfB2 can be prepared at ca. 250 °C by CVD of suitable tetrahydroborate precursors: Ti(BH4)3-(MeOCH2CH2OMe), Zr(BH4)4, and Hf(BH4)4. In these cases, the principal byproducts are hydrogen and diborane. Mirror-bright, adhesive thin films up to 2 μm thick can be grown on a variety of substrates including glass, steel, aluminum, copper, silicon, and graphite. Despite the amorphous nature of the films, their electrical resistivities are essentially identical with those of the bulk polycrystalline material.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 121: Symposium H – Better Ceramics Through Chemistry III , 1988 , 429
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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