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CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 407, Issue 4-6, Pages 272-275Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2005.03.084
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We use DFT to investigate an atomistic mechanism for the ALD of hafnium nitride films grown using Hf[N(CH3)(2)](4) and NH3. We find a ligand-exchange mechanism similar to those thought to occur in the ALD Of HfO2 using the same Hf source and H2O. Although the Hf[N(CH3)(2)](4) half-reaction at NH* sites has a barrier similar to that of reaction with OH* sites, the barrier for the NH3 half-reaction on the Hf [N(CH3)(2)](x)(*), terminated surface is significantly larger than for reaction between H2O and Hf [N(CH3)(2)](x)(*) Thus, the NH3 half-cycle will be prone to oxygen incorporation into Hf-nitride from residual H2O. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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