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Preparation of atomic layer deposited vanadium dioxide thin films using tetrakis(ethylmethylamino) vanadium as precursor

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Bai, G 
Niang, KM 
Robertson, J 

Abstract

jats:pVanadium dioxide (VO2) thin films were deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) using a tetrakis(ethylmethylamino) vanadium precursor and an H2O oxidant at a temperature of 150 °C. Optimization of postdeposition annealing results in smooth, continuous VO2 films (thickness, t ∼ 30 nm) with small grains, exhibiting a transition from semiconducting to metal phase, typically known as the metal-insulator transition (MIT), at ∼72 °C with a switching ratio of ∼102. Such films were produced with high repeatability on a wafer scale and have been successfully utilized in resistively coupled oscillators and self-selected resistive devices. Under a smaller process window, thin films (t ∼ 30 nm) with very large grains have also been produced, exhibiting the MIT ratio of ∼103, which is the highest achieved for the ALD VO2 films deposited on SiO2 substrates. Both types of films were characterized again after 120 days to access their stability in air, a property that was rarely investigated.</jats:p>

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51 Physical Sciences, 40 Engineering, 4018 Nanotechnology

Journal Title

Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films

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Journal ISSN

0734-2101
1520-8559

Volume Title

38

Publisher

American Vacuum Society

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Sponsorship
European Commission Horizon 2020 (H2020) Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) (737109)