• DocumentCode
    435897
  • Title

    Composition of nanometer-scaled self-assembled SiGe islands

  • Author

    Deng, Ning ; Zhang, Lei ; Chen, Peiyi

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. of Microelectron., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    18-21 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    910
  • Abstract
    Quantitative relation between composition of self-assembled SiGe islands and critical size for shape evolution was established. The critical size, at which Ge islands change from pyramids to domes, increases with increasing of Si concentration in islands. Based on the critical size obtained from AFM characterization of SiGe islands, the composition of nanometer-scaled SiGe islands was calculated from the dependence of critical size of shape transition on the Si concentration.
  • Keywords
    Ge-Si alloys; atomic force microscopy; nanostructured materials; self-assembly; AFM characterization; Si concentration; SiGe; critical size; nanometer-scaled SiGe; shape evolution; Atomic force microscopy; Atomic measurements; Force measurement; Germanium silicon alloys; Microelectronics; Nanoscale devices; Self-assembly; Shape; Silicon germanium; Strain measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State and Integrated Circuits Technology, 2004. Proceedings. 7th International Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8511-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICSICT.2004.1436654
  • Filename
    1436654