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intercalation layer between the GML and the Si-terminated SiC substrate<br />
when the system is annealed at 800ºC for 5 min [1]. Within the GML, a pdoping<br />
effect is observed. Furthermore, it has been reported that by<br />
controlling the Au coverage level GMLs ranging from strongly n-doped to<br />
weakly p-doped can be formed [2]. However, it is still a problem to achieve<br />
a strongly p-doped GML by intercalation of an Au layer.<br />
Using first principles calculations, we study the effect of Au intercalation<br />
on the electronic properties of epitaxial graphene grown on SiC substrates<br />
[3]. A GML on SiC restores the shape of the pristine graphene dispersion,<br />
where doping levels between strongly n-doped and weakly p-doped can be<br />
achieved by altering the Au coverage. In addition, we predict that Au<br />
intercala-tion between the two C layers of bilayer graphene grown on SiC<br />
makes it possible to achieve a strongly p-doped graphene state, where the pdoping<br />
is controlled the Au coverage.<br />
References:<br />
[1] B. Premlal, M. Cranney, F. Vonau, D. Aubel, D. Casterman, M. M. De<br />
Souza, and L. Simon, Appl. Phys. Lett. 94, 263115 (2009).<br />
[2] I. Gierz, T. Suzuki, R. T. Weitz, D. S. Lee, B. Krauss, C. Riedl, U.<br />
Starke, H. Hochst, J. H. Smet, C. R. Ast, and K. Kern, Phys. Rev. B 81,<br />
235408 (2010).<br />
[3] Y. C. Cheng and U. Schwingenschlögl, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 193304<br />
(2010).<br />
TSP-2 Nitrogen Introduced at Interface to Improve Resistance<br />
Switching Characteristics with SiGeOx RRAM Device, Y.E. Syu<br />
(syuyongen@gmail.com), National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan, G.W.<br />
Chang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan<br />
In this study, the SiGeOx film was taken as the resistive switching layer in<br />
Pt/SiGeOx/TiN memory cells because germanium and silicon are extremely<br />
compatible with the prevalent complementary metal oxide semiconductor<br />
(CMOS) process . To enhance memory switching parameters, a compatible<br />
SiGeON layer between SiGeOx and TiN is proposed to control the<br />
disruption length of filaments. Compared with Pt/SiGeOx/TiN memory<br />
cells, the proposed Pt/SiGeOx/SiGeON/TiN cells is effective improvement<br />
the characteristics of memory switching parameters including excellent<br />
characteristic with good endurance of more than 10 7 times, long retention<br />
time of 10 4 s in 125� and more stable in resistance switching state. Because<br />
the nitrogen introduced can effective minimize the dispersions of oxygen. It<br />
is a simple method to enhance the resistance switching parameters which<br />
introduce only the gas of ammonia in the manufacturing process. The most<br />
merit of this method is that the bi-layer structure is composed of the unitary<br />
material.<br />
TSP-3 Electroluminescence of ZnO nanocrystal in sputtered ZnO-SiO<br />
nanocomposite light-emitting devices, J.T. Chen<br />
(L7897106@mail.ncku.edu.tw), National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan,<br />
W.C. Lai, J.K. Sheu, Y.Y. Yang, Unaffiliated<br />
Recently, nanoscale materials have attracted considerable attention in the<br />
past few years due to their features and potential applications in various<br />
areas. ZnO nanoparticles are of great interest because of their threedimensional<br />
quantum confinement, which strongly enhances the excitation<br />
radiative recombination. Nanoscale or submicronsized ZnO materials have<br />
also been synthesized through various methods, such as sol–gel coating,<br />
sputtering technique, atomic layer deposition etc. In this study, we using a<br />
cosputtering technique to deposit ZnO-SiO2 nanocomposite layer, the<br />
structure of ZnO nanoclusters embedded in the nanocomposite matrix can<br />
be fabricated. The sizes of the ZnO nanoclusters distributed from 2 to 7 nm<br />
in the ZnO-SiO2 nanocomposite layer were examined using a high<br />
resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM). The mechanism of<br />
the electroluminescence emission peak at 376 and 427 nm from the<br />
Ga:ZnO/i-ZnO-SiO2 nanocomposite/p-GaN n-i-p heterostructured lightemitting<br />
devices (LEDs) were attributed to the radiative recombination<br />
occurred from the ZnO clusters and the Mg acceptor levels in the p-GaN<br />
layer.<br />
Key words: electroluminescence; ZnO-SiO nanocomposite; light-emitting<br />
devices (LEDs); ZnO nanoclusters ; sputtering<br />
TSP-4 Sampling the local structure in γ-Al2O3 by XPS analysis of<br />
embedded Argon, M. Prenzel (marina.prenzel@rub.de), A. Rastgoo<br />
Lahrood, A. Kortmann, T. de los Arcos, A. von Keudell, Ruhr Universität<br />
Bochum, Germany<br />
X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) is a widely used technique for the<br />
chemical characterization of surfaces. In this work we would like to present<br />
evidence that XPS characterization of the Argon gas trapped within an<br />
oxide film deposited by magnetron sputtering can be used to determine the<br />
presence or absence of crystalline structure within the film.<br />
Thursday Afternoon Poster Sessions 126<br />
It is known that, during sputter deposition, a certain percentage of noble gas<br />
can be trapped within the growing film. Although these embedded gases are<br />
not expected to interact chemically with their environment, their electronic<br />
structure has been shown to react to the characteristics of their host. The<br />
shifts in binding energy and their correlation to material characteristics can<br />
be successfully determined using XPS, particularly in metallic and<br />
semiconducting materials [1]. In the case of insulating materials, however,<br />
the interpretation of the energy shifts in core levels has not been so<br />
thoroughly investigated.<br />
Aluminium oxide films were deposited by RF magnetron sputtering, driven<br />
by 13.56 MHz and 71 MHz. The films were deposited under different<br />
biasing and temperature conditions to ensure varying degrees of<br />
crystallinity, and characterized by X-ray diffraction. The Ar2p core level of<br />
the embedded Argon atoms was investigated by XPS.<br />
In totally amorphous samples, the Ar2p peak was fitted using a single<br />
component at ~242 eV. However, in the cases of films with γcrystalline<br />
phases, the Ar2p peak needed to be fitted with two different components at<br />
~241 eV and ~242 eV, respectively. In order to confirm the association of<br />
the lower binding energy component to the crystalline phase, the samples<br />
were bombarded in-situ with Neon ions to destroy the crystallinity of the<br />
film without introducing additional Argon. The in-situ sputtering with Neon<br />
of crystalline samples resulted in the disappearance of the lower BE<br />
component in the Ar2p signal. This indicates that the embedded noble gas<br />
has the potential to provide a fingerprint for crystallinity that can be used<br />
during standard XPS characterization of the films.<br />
The work is funded by DFG within SFB-TR 87.<br />
[1] A. Rastgoo Lahrood et al. Thin Solid Films 520 (2011) 1625-1630<br />
TSP-5 Deposition, Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Modoped<br />
CeO2 Films Prepared by Pulsed Unbalanced Magnetron<br />
Sputtering, I.W. Park (ipark@mines.edu), J. Moore, J. Lin, Colorado<br />
School of Mines, US, D. Hurley, M. Khafizov, Idaho National <strong>Lab</strong>oratory,<br />
US, A. El-Azab, Florida State University, Florida, US, T. Allen, C.<br />
Yablinsky, M. Gupta, University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, J. Gan, Idaho<br />
National <strong>Lab</strong>oratory, US, M. Manuel, H. Henderson, B. Valderrama,<br />
University of Florida, US<br />
A fission-reactor fuel assembly typically contains ceramic components (the<br />
fuel itself) and metallic components (the cladding that isolates the<br />
radioactive fuel from the coolant). The cumulative effect from fissiondamage<br />
processes, high temperatures, and high thermal gradients is to cause<br />
severe degradation in the thermal and mechanical properties of the fuel<br />
assembly, limiting its lifetime and strongly affecting operational cost. In<br />
this work, metallic Mo was doped into the CeO2 base materials to<br />
investigate the relationship between microstructural changes and<br />
mechanical properties of Ce-Mo-O films. The films were deposited on<br />
silicon wafer substrates in argon-oxygen atmosphere using pulsed<br />
unbalanced magnetron sputtering (P-UBMS) from pure Ce and Mo targets<br />
with a substrate heating capability system. The crystallinity of the samples<br />
was characterized by x-ray diffraction (XRD, PHILIPS, X’pert-MPD) using<br />
CuKα radiation. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS, PHI XPS System,<br />
5600LS) using a monochromatic Al source was also performed to<br />
determine the contents of Ce, Mo and O and to observe the bonding status<br />
of the annealed ceria samples. A MTS nano-indenter equipped with<br />
Berkovich diamond indenter will be used to perform depth sensing<br />
nanoindentation testing on the annealed Ce-Mo-O films and to obtain<br />
mechanical values of nanohardness and Young’s modulus with a Poisson’s<br />
ratio of 0.25.<br />
TSP-6 Effect of stress on the electrical bistability of poly Nvinylcarbazole<br />
films, J.C. Wang, Y.S. Lai (yslai@nuu.edu.tw), National<br />
United University, Taiwan<br />
In this work, the bistable switching of resistance memory devices on a<br />
flexible substrate is investigated. PVK films are deposited by spin coating<br />
on a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrate. The Al bottom and top<br />
electrodes are patterned through a hard mask to form an Al/PVK/Al/PET<br />
structure. The bending stress (i.e., tensile or compressive) and cyclic<br />
bending deformation are carried out to study the bistable switching of the<br />
device. The operation voltage and stability of memory states (retention) are<br />
also examined. The connection between the bistable behavior and material<br />
properties is also demonstrated.<br />
TSP-7 Thin Film Bond and Mass Density Measurements Using Fourier<br />
Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, S. King (sean.king@intel.com), Intel<br />
Corporation, US<br />
Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy has long been utilized as<br />
an analytical technique for qualitatively determining the presence of various<br />
different chemical bonds in gases, liquids, and thin dielectric films. In some<br />
cases, quantitative measurements of the concentration or density of different