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Kalfagiannis, Nikolaos
University of Ioannina
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- 2024Short review and prospective: chalcogenide glass mid-infrared fibre laserscitations
- 2023(INVITED) Mid-infrared photoluminescence in Ce 3+ doped selenide-chalcogenide glass and fibercitations
- 2022Photo-engineered optoelectronic properties of indium tin oxide via reactive laser annealingcitations
- 2022Room temperature phase transition of W-doped VO 2 by atomic layer deposition on 200 mm Si wafers and flexible substratescitations
- 2022Reactive laser annealing of indium tin oxide: implications to crystal structure, defect composition, and plasma energycitations
- 2022Room temperature phase transition of W-doped VO2 by atomic layer deposition on 200 mm Si wafers and flexible substratescitations
- 20203D-to-2D morphology manipulation of sputter-deposited nanoscale silver films on weakly interacting substrates via selective nitrogen deployment for multifunctional metal contactscitations
- 2014Performance of hybrid buffer Poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) poly(styrenesulfonate) layers doped with plasmonic silver nanoparticlescitations
- 2014High performance transistors based on the controlled growth of triisopropylsilylethynyl-pentacene crystals via non-isotropic solvent evaporationcitations
- 2012Novel nanostructured biomaterials: implications for coronary stent thrombosis.citations
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3D-to-2D morphology manipulation of sputter-deposited nanoscale silver films on weakly interacting substrates via selective nitrogen deployment for multifunctional metal contacts
Abstract
The ability to reverse the inherent tendency of noble metals to grow in an uncontrolled three-dimensional (3D) fashion on weakly interacting substrates, including two-dimensional (2D) materials and oxides, is essential for the fabrication of high-quality multifunctional metal contacts in key enabling devices. In this study, we show that this can be effectively achieved by deploying nitrogen (N2) gas with high temporal precision during magnetron sputtering of nanoscale silver (Ag) islands and layers on silicon dioxide (SiO2) substrates. We employ real-time in situ film growth monitoring using spectroscopic ellipsometry, along with optical modeling in the framework of the finite-difference time-domain method, and establish that localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) from nanoscale Ag islands can be used to gauge the evolution of surface morphology of discontinuous layers up to a SiO2 substrate area coverage of ∼70%. Such analysis, in combination with data on the evolution of room-temperature resistivity of electrically conductive layers, reveals that presence of N2 in the sputtering gas atmosphere throughout all film-formation stages: (i) promotes 2D growth and smooth film surfaces and (ii) leads to an increase of the continuous-layer electrical resistivity by ∼30% compared to Ag films grown in a pure argon (Ar) ambient atmosphere. Detailed ex situ nanoscale structural analyses suggest that N2 favors 2D morphology by suppressing island coalescence rates during initial growth stages, while it causes interruption of local epitaxial growth on Ag crystals. Using these insights, we deposit Ag layers by deploying N2 selectively, either during the early precoalescence growth stages or after coalescence completion. We show that early N2 deployment leads to 2D morphology without affecting the Ag-layer resistivity, while postcoalescence introduction of N2 in the gas atmosphere further promotes formation of three-dimensional (3D) nanostructures and roughness at the film growth front. In a broader context this study ...