A High-Throughput Search for Electronic Materials-Thin-Film Dielectrics
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1998
Abstract
Parallel synthesis together with high-throughput screening was used to identify candidate materials for integrated circuit applications that demand a superior high permittivity dielectric thin film. Specifically, we developed a 'continuous-composition spread' (CCS) technique to synthesize much of a pseudoternary oxide system in a single deposition and used this in conjunction with a high-throughput measurement protocol, thereby allowing each chemical system to be deposited and evaluated in about 24 h. This approach led to the identification of compositions in the Zr-Sn-Ti-O system with promising properties. The same technique was used to determine the optimum compositions as a function of processing parameters. Films with the composition Zr.2Sn.2Ti.6O2 were then prepared using a conventional synthetic technique (on-axis sputtering) and were verified to have excellent properties. Thus, the CCS technique has demonstrated utility in rapidly identifying and developing a useful new material.
DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(1998)61:43.0.CO;2-L
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Van Dover, Robert B.; Schneemeyer, Lynn; Fleming, R. M.; and Huggins, Harold A., "A High-Throughput Search for Electronic Materials-Thin-Film Dielectrics" (1998). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 219.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/chem-biochem-facpubs/219