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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
卷 128, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.5143122
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) via the excellence cluster Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) [EXC 1056]
- Helmholtz Initiative and Networking Fund via the International Helmholtz Research School (IHRS) NanoNet [VH-KO-606]
- Helmholtz Initiative and Networking Fund via Helmholtz Excellence Network [ExNet-0026]
- DFG [INST 270/290-1 FUGB]
The transport properties of novel device architectures depend strongly on the morphology and the quality of the interface between contact and channel materials. In silicon nanowires with nickel silicide contacts, NiSi 2-Si interfaces are particularly important as NiSi 2 is often found as the phase adjacent to the silicide-silicon interface during and after the silicidation. The interface orientation of these NiSi 2-Si interfaces as well as the ability to create abrupt and flat interfaces, ultimately with atomic sharpness, is essential for the properties of diverse emerging device concepts. We present a combined experimental and theoretical study on NiSi 2-Si interfaces. Interfaces in silicon nanowires were fabricated using silicidation and characterized by high-resolution (scanning) transmission electron microscopy. It is found that {111} interfaces occur in 110 nanowires. A tilted interface and an arrow-shaped interface are observed, which depends on the nanowire diameter. We have further modeled NiSi 2-Si interfaces by density functional theory. Different crystallographic orientations and interface variations, e.g., due to interface reconstruction, are compared with respect to interface energy densities. The {111} interface is energetically most favorable, which explains the experimental observations. Possible ways to control the interface type are discussed.
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