The Formation of nanosuboxide layers in the oxide of niobium in low-power ion beam of argon
Paper in proceeding, 2021

This paper presents the results of chemical, quantitative, and layer-by-layer phase analysis of a 10 nm thick niobium thin film created by magnetron sputtering and subsequently oxidized in air. The analysis was performed before and after long-term delicate modification by argon ions by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy using numerical simulation of the interaction of ion beams with the target surface in the SRIM software package. At different durations of low-current ion sputtering of niobium oxide, the formation of metastable stoichiometric and non-stoichiometric nanosuboxide layers of various thicknesses, as well as their sputtering, was found. The study shows that it is possible to create the necessary nanosuboxide layers, the structure of which is determined by the performance of functional devices.

Depth profiling

Thin films

Niobium oxide

XPS

Niobium

Author

Denis S. Lukiantsev

National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute

A. Lubenschenko

National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute

D. A. Ivanov

National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute

Olga Lubenchenko

National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute

Alexey Pavolotskiy

Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Onsala Space Observatory

V. A. Iachuk

National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute

O. N. Pavlov

National Research University Moscow Power Engineering Institute

Proceedings of the 3rd 2021 International Youth Conference on Radio Electronics, Electrical and Power Engineering, REEPE 2021

9388002
9781728183985 (ISBN)

3rd International Youth Conference on Radio Electronics, Electrical and Power Engineering, REEPE 2021
Moscow, Russia,

Subject Categories

Inorganic Chemistry

Materials Chemistry

Other Physics Topics

DOI

10.1109/REEPE51337.2021.9388002

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