Thermally induced interface chemistry in Mo/B 4C/Si/B 4C multilayered films

Nyabero, S.L. and Kruijs van de, R.W.E. and Yakshin, A.E. and Zoethout, E. and Bijkerk, F. (2012) Thermally induced interface chemistry in Mo/B 4C/Si/B 4C multilayered films. Journal of applied physics, 112 (5). 054317-1 - 054317-5. ISSN 0021-8979

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Abstract:	B4C diffusion barrier layers are often introduced into Mo/Si multilayered films for enhancement of thermal stability. We observe that such multilayered films exhibit both period expansion and period compaction upon annealing at temperatures below 300 °C, depending on the annealing temperature and time. Using in-situ grazing incidence x-ray reflection measurements during sequential annealing, we resolved picometer periodicity changes in Mo/B4C/Si/B4C, Si/B4C, and Mo/B4C multilayer films, and show that the two opposite period-change effects are a result of interaction of Si with B4C layers, leading to expansion, and MoxSiy formation, leading to compaction. The study of Si/B and Si/C multilayer sub-systems suggests that the cause of expansion is the formation of relatively low density SixBy compounds at the Si-B4C interface. Although the Mo-B4C interface seems to be stable based on reflectometry data, other techniques such as depth profiling x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and wide angle x-ray diffraction measurements show that Mo and B4C actually intermix.
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 2012 American Institute of Physics
Faculty:	Science and Technology (TNW)
Research Group:	Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics (LPNO)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/81560
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4751029
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