• 제목/요약/키워드: silicon nanocrystals

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펄스레이저 증착법에 의한 실리콘 나노결정 형성 메커니즘 (Formation mechanism of silicon nanocrystals fabricated by pulsed laser deposition)

  • 김종훈;전경아;김건희;이상렬
    • 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전기전자재료학회 2004년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.5 No.1
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    • pp.162-164
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    • 2004
  • Nanocrystalline silicon(nc-Si) thin films on the silicon substrates have been prepared by pulsed laser deposition(PLD). The optical and structural properties of films have been investigated depending on deposition temperature, annealing, and oxidation process. When the deposition temperature increased, photoluminescence(PL) intensity abruptly decreased and peaks showed red shift. Annealing process could reduce the number of defect centers. Oxidation had a considerable effect upon the formation and isolation of the nanocrystals. These results indicate that the formation mechanism of Si nanocrystals grown by PLD can be explained by three steps of growth, passivating defect centers, and isolation, sequentially.

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Encapsulated Silicon Nanocrystals Formed in Silica by Ion Beam Synthesis

  • Choi, Han-Woo;Woo, Hyung-Joo;Kim, Joon-Kon;Kim, Gi-Dong;Hong, Wan-Hong;Ji, Young-Yong
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • 제25권4호
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    • pp.525-528
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    • 2004
  • The photoluminescence (PL) emission of Si nanocrystals synthesized by 400 keV Si ion implanted in $SiO_2$ is studied as a function of ion dose and annealing time. The formation of nanocrystals at around 600 nm from the surface was confirmed by RBS and HRTEM, and the Si nanocrystals showed a wide and very intense PL emission at 700-900 nm. The intensity of this emission showed a typical behaviour with a fast transitory increase to reach a saturation with the annealing time, however, the red shift increased continuously because of the Ostwald ripening. The oversaturation of dose derived a decrease of PL intensity because of the diminishment of quantum confinement. A strong enhancement of PL intensity by H passivation was confirmed also, and the possible mechanism is discussed.

비휘발성 메모리를 위한 실리콘 나노 결정립을 가지는 실리콘 질화막의 전하 유지 특성 (Charge retention characteristics of silicon nanocrystals embedded in $SiN_x$ layer for non-volatile memory devices)

  • 구현모;허철;성건용;조원주
    • 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전기전자재료학회 2007년도 하계학술대회 논문집 Vol.8
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    • pp.101-101
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    • 2007
  • We fabricated floating gate non-volatile memory devices with Si nanocrystals embedded in $SiN_x$ layer to achieve higher trap density. The average size of Si nanocrystals embedded in $SiN_x$ layer was ranging from 3 nm to 5 nm. The MOS capacitor and MOSFET devices with Si nanocrystals embedded in $SiN_x$ layer were analyzed the charging effects as a function of Si nanocrystals size.

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실리콘 이온주입 SiO2층의 나노결정으로 부터의 광루미네센스 (Photoluminescence from silicon nanocrystals in silicon ion implanted SiO2 layers)

  • 김광희;오항석;장태수;권영규;이용현
    • 센서학회지
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    • 제11권3호
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    • pp.183-190
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    • 2002
  • 실리콘 기판 위에 형성한 열산화막에 실리콘이온을 주입하고 열처리를 수행한 후, 광루미네센스(photoluminescence:PL) 스펙트럼을 조사하였다. 실리콘 이온도즈의 변화와 열처리 온도의 변화에 따른 PL스펙트럼을 조사하고, 이를 TEM과 XRD 데이터와 비교하여 분석한 결과, 광루미네센스 특성은 산화막내의 실리콘 나노결정으로부터 기인함을 알 수 있었다. 또 산화막을 1분 간격으로 습식 식각하면서 매 식각 시마다 PL스펙트럼을 관측하여 그 변화를 조사하였다. 이러한 실험을 통하여 산화막내에 분포하고 있는 실리콘 나노결정의 크기와 그 수가 PL피크 파장과 강도에 직접적으로 영향을 줌을 알 수 있었다.

온도에 따른 실리콘 나노결정 PL 특성 (PL characteristics of silicon-nanocrystals as a function of temperature)

  • 김광희;김광일;권영규;이용현
    • 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전기전자재료학회 2003년도 제5회 영호남 학술대회 논문집
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    • pp.93-93
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    • 2003
  • Photoluminescence(PL) properties of Silicon nanocrystals (nc-Si) as a function of temperature is reported to consider the mechanism of PL. Nc-Si has been made by $Si^+$ ion-implantation into thermal $SiO_2$ and subsequent annealing. And after gold had been diffused at the same samples above, the resultant PL spectra has been compared to the PL spectra from the non-gold doped nc-Si. PL peak energy variation from nc-Si is same with the variation of energy bandgap of bulk silicon as temperature changes from 6 K to room temperature. This result may mean nc-Si is still indirect transition material like bulk silicon. Gold doped nc-Si reveals short peak wavelength of PL spectrum than gold undoped one. PL peak shift through gold doing process shows clearly the PL mechanism is not from defect or interface states. PL intensity increases from 6K to a certain temperature and then decrease to room temperature. This characteristic with temperature shows that phonon have a role for the luminescence as theory explains that electron and hole can be recombined radiatively by phonon's assist in nc-Si, which is almost impossible in bulk silicon. Therefore luminescence is observed in nc-Si constructed less than a few of unit cell and the peak energy of luminescence can be higher than the bulk bandgap energy by the bandgap widening effect occurs in nanostructure.

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Transparent Nano-floating Gate Memory Using Self-Assembled Bismuth Nanocrystals in $Bi_2Mg_{2/3}Nb_{4/3}O_7$ (BMN) Pyrochlore Thin Films

  • 정현준;송현아;양승동;이가원;윤순길
    • 한국재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국재료학회 2011년도 추계학술발표대회
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    • pp.20.1-20.1
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    • 2011
  • The nano-sized quantum structure has been an attractive candidate for investigations of the fundamental physical properties and potential applications of next-generation electronic devices. Metal nano-particles form deep quantum wells between control and tunnel oxides due to a difference in work functions. The charge storage capacity of nanoparticles has led to their use in the development of nano-floating gate memory (NFGM) devices. When compared with conventional floating gate memory devices, NFGM devices offer a number of advantages that have attracted a great deal of attention: a greater inherent scalability, better endurance, a faster write/erase speed, and more processes that are compatible with conventional silicon processes. To improve the performance of NFGM, metal nanocrystals such as Au, Ag, Ni Pt, and W have been proposed due to superior density, a strong coupling with the conduction channel, a wide range of work function selectivity, and a small energy perturbation. In the present study, bismuth metal nanocrystals were self-assembled within high-k $Bi_2Mg_{2/3}Nb_{4/3}O_7$ (BMN) films grown at room temperature in Ar ambient via radio-frequency magnetron sputtering. The work function of the bismuth metal nanocrystals (4.34 eV) was important for nanocrystal-based nonvolatile memory (NVM) applications. If transparent NFGM devices can be integrated with transparent solar cells, non-volatile memory fields will open a new platform for flexible electron devices.

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Electrical Characteristics of Ge-Nanocrystals-Embeded MOS Structure

  • Choi, Sam-Jong;Park, Byoung-Jun;Kim, Hyun-Suk;Cho, Kyoung-Ah;Kim, Sang-Sig
    • 한국전기전자재료학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국전기전자재료학회 2005년도 추계학술대회 논문집 Vol.18
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    • pp.3-4
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    • 2005
  • Germanium nanocrystals(NCs) were formed in the silicon dioxide($SiO_2$) on Si layers by Ge implantation and rapid thermal annealing process. The density and mean size of Ge-NCs heated at $800^{\circ}C$ during 10 min were confirmed by High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy. Capacitance versus voltage(C-V) measurements of MOS capacitors with single $Al_2O_3$ capping layers were performed in order to study electrical properties. The C-V results exhibit large threshold voltage shift originated by charging effect in Ge-NCs, revealing the possibility that the structure is applicable to Nano Floating Gate Memory(NFGM) devices.

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석영 나노 결정의 합성과 특성 (Synthesis and Characterization of Quartz Nanocrystals)

  • 문규섭;정성욱
    • 공업화학
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    • 제31권6호
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    • pp.697-700
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    • 2020
  • 본 연구에서는 석영 나노 결정의 합성과 특성 분석을 진행하였다. 비정질 실리카 나노 입자 전구체가 용해된 용액을 섭씨 250도 온도와 자가 압력의 온건한 열수 반응 하에서 석영 나노 결정을 성공적으로 합성하였다. 합성된 나노 결정의 화학적 조성과 구조 분석을 시행하였다. 알파 석영의 특징적인 고결정질 상의 나노 구조를 가지는 석영 나노 결정의 평균 크기는 반응 시간에 따라 407.5 에서 826.2 nm까지 비교적 좁은 범위에서 조정될 수 있음을 발견하였다. 본 연구를 통해 발견된 석영 나노 입자는 광전자, 센서, 및 충전식 배터리 소자의 기술 응용에 매우 중요한 잠재적 용도가 있을 것으로 사료된다.