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Scott M Geyer1, Rungthiwa Methaapanon1, Bonggeun Shong1
1†Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94035, United States.
Abstract:
The mechanism of platinum atomic layer deposition using (methylcyclopentadienyl)trimethylplatinum and oxygen is investigated with in vacuo photoemission spectroscopy at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource. With this surface-sensitive technique, the surface species following the Pt precursor half cycle and the oxygen counter-reactant half cycle can be directly measured. We observed significant amounts of carbonaceous species following the Pt precursor pulse, consistent with dehydrogenation of the precursor ligands. Significantly more carbon is observed when deposition is carried out in the thermal decomposition temperature region. The carbonaceous layer is removed during the oxygen counter reactant pulse, and the photoemission spectrum shows that a layer of adsorbed oxygen remains on the surface as previously predicted.
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