Influence of Hysteretic Behaviour in Reactive Magnetron Sputtering on the Crystal Structure and Characteristics of Aluminium Oxide Films

WANG Qing (王庆); YUE Xiangji (岳向吉); BA Dechun (巴德纯); ZHANG Yichen (张以忱); et al.

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WANG Qing (王庆), YUE Xiangji (岳向吉), BA Dechun (巴德纯), ZHANG Yichen (张以忱), et al.. Influence of Hysteretic Behaviour in Reactive Magnetron Sputtering on the Crystal Structure and Characteristics of Aluminium Oxide Films[J]. Plasma Science and Technology, 2013, 15(8): 807-811. DOI: 10.1088/1009-0630/15/8/17

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Influence of Hysteretic Behaviour in Reactive Magnetron Sputtering on the Crystal Structure and Characteristics of Aluminium Oxide Films

School of Mechanical Engineering & Automation, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China

Funds: supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China (N110403011) and Science and Technology Plan of Shenyang City (F12-028-200), China

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Received Date: March 18, 2012

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The influence of the hysteretic behaviour in reactive sputtering with a pure alu- minium target in the presence of argon and oxygen plasma on transmittance and surface free energy of aluminium oxide films was investigated by plasma optical emission spectroscopy tech- nology. The evolutions of aluminium, and aluminium oxide emission lines as functions of oxygen flow rate at constant power and pressure were studied. A steep transition from the metallic sputtering to the compound sputtering was observed upon increasing the oxygen flow rate from 0.0 SCCM to above 2.0 SCCM. Then an optimal deposition zone was obtained through analyzing the hysteretic curves of aluminium and aluminium oxide emission lines. The evolution of crystal structures of samples was discerned by X-ray diffraction spectra data. Energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy data also demonstrate the relationship between the chemical compositions of alu- minium oxide films and the hysteretic behaviour. The film deposited between 1.5 SCCM and 2.0 SCCM oxygen flow rate displays an optimal and stoichiometic atomic ratio of O to Al and mass ratio of O to Al. The changes in the transmittance of samples were discovered to depend on the oxygen flow rate by UV-VIS transmittance spectra, and the changes in surface free energy were studied by contact angle measurement.
- physical vapor deposition,
- hysteretic curve,
- crystal structure,
- transmittance,
- surface free energy

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