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Effect of Surface Roughness on the Adhesion of PECVD coated Silicon-Carbide Thin-films on (110) monocrystalline-Silicon wafer

  • Investigations to improve the adhesion between the PECVD coated silicon carbide thin films and monocrystalline (110) silicon wafer substrate is reported. The surface treatment of silicon wafer is realized by roughening the wafer surface by wet etching in 1.8M potassium hydroxide solution at 50°C with ultrasonic agitation. The average surface roughness of the silicon wafer was increased from 2.9 nm for polished wafer to a range between 32 nm to 250 nm by wet etching for a duration of 10 minutes to 55 minutes, respectively. The adhesion between the PECVD coated silicon carbide thin films (ca. 300 nm thickness) and the silicon wafers with varying surface roughness was characterized by means of scanning scratch test. The critical load initially increased from 153 mN to 169 mN on increasing the average surface roughness from 2.9 nm to 33 nm, respectively. While with further increase in average surface roughness adversely in-fluenced the adhesion indicated by a gradual decrement in the critical load to 124 mN for the maximum investigated average surface roughness of 250 nm.

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Author:Isman M. KhaziORCiDGND, Andras KovacsORCiDGND, Ulrich MeschederORCiDGND
ISBN:978-3-8007-5656-8
Parent Title (German):MikroSystemTechnik Kongress 2021, 08. - 10. November 2021, Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg, Germany
Publisher:VDE Verlag
Place of publication:Berlin
Document Type:Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Year of Completion:2021
Release Date:2021/11/25
First Page:415
Last Page:418
Licence (German):License LogoUrheberrechtlich geschützt