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Stress and Microstructure Evolution during the Deposition and Crystallization of DCMagnetron Sputter Deposited Amorphous ITO

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Hyo-Young Yeom ,
Courtney Lanier ,
Eric Chason  and
David C. Paine
Hyo-Young Yeom
Affiliation:
Brown University, Division of Engineering, Box D Providence, RI 02910
Courtney Lanier
Affiliation:
Brown University, Division of Engineering, Box D Providence, RI 02910
Eric Chason
Affiliation:
Brown University, Division of Engineering, Box D Providence, RI 02910
David C. Paine
Affiliation:
Brown University, Division of Engineering, Box D Providence, RI 02910
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Abstract

The deposition of ITO onto glass substrates at room temperature results in a metastable amorphous phase that undergoes crystallization at remarkably low homologous temperatures (T/Tm<0.2). We have evaluated ITO film stress in the as-deposited condition and during crystallization of 200 nm thick films isothermally heated at 250°C. To explore the effect of stoichiometry on the amorphous structure, ITO films were deposited under low, optimum, and high (0, 0.1, and 2 vol %, respectively) oxygen partial pressures. In this report we have correlated changes in stress with changes in the electron transport characteristics (hall mobility and carrier density) and film microstructure.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 666: Symposium F – Transport and Microstructural Phenomena , 2001 , F2.5
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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