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Title: Combining reactive sputtering and rapid thermal processing for synthesis and discovery of metal oxynitrides

Abstract

Recent efforts have demonstrated enhanced tailoring of material functionality with mixed-anion materials, yet exploratory research with mixed-anion chemistries is limited by the sensitivity of these materials to synthesis conditions. In order to synthesize a particular metal oxynitride compound by traditional reactive annealing we require specific, limited ranges of both oxygen and nitrogen chemical potentials in order to establish equilibrium between the solid-state material and a reactive atmosphere. While using Ta-O-N as an example system, we describe a combination of reactive sputter deposition and rapid thermal processing for synthesis of mixed-anion inorganic materials. Heuristic optimization of reactive gas pressures to attain a desired anion stoichiometry is discussed, and the ability of rapid thermal processing to enable amorphous to crystalline transitions without preferential anion loss is demonstrated through the controlled synthesis of nitride, oxide and oxynitride phases.

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  1. California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP)
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Research Org.:
California Institute of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1334193
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0004993
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Materials Research
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 19; Journal ID: ISSN 0884-2914
Publisher:
Materials Research Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; oxynitrides; sputtering; rapid thermal processing; mixed anion synthesis

Citation Formats

Zhou, Lan, Suram, Santosh K., Becerra-Stasiewicz, Natalie, Mitrovic, Slobodan, Kan, Kevin, Jones, Ryan J. R., and Gregoire, John M. Combining reactive sputtering and rapid thermal processing for synthesis and discovery of metal oxynitrides. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1557/jmr.2015.140.
Zhou, Lan, Suram, Santosh K., Becerra-Stasiewicz, Natalie, Mitrovic, Slobodan, Kan, Kevin, Jones, Ryan J. R., & Gregoire, John M. Combining reactive sputtering and rapid thermal processing for synthesis and discovery of metal oxynitrides. United States. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2015.140
Zhou, Lan, Suram, Santosh K., Becerra-Stasiewicz, Natalie, Mitrovic, Slobodan, Kan, Kevin, Jones, Ryan J. R., and Gregoire, John M. Wed . "Combining reactive sputtering and rapid thermal processing for synthesis and discovery of metal oxynitrides". United States. https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2015.140. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1334193.
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title = {Combining reactive sputtering and rapid thermal processing for synthesis and discovery of metal oxynitrides},
author = {Zhou, Lan and Suram, Santosh K. and Becerra-Stasiewicz, Natalie and Mitrovic, Slobodan and Kan, Kevin and Jones, Ryan J. R. and Gregoire, John M.},
abstractNote = {Recent efforts have demonstrated enhanced tailoring of material functionality with mixed-anion materials, yet exploratory research with mixed-anion chemistries is limited by the sensitivity of these materials to synthesis conditions. In order to synthesize a particular metal oxynitride compound by traditional reactive annealing we require specific, limited ranges of both oxygen and nitrogen chemical potentials in order to establish equilibrium between the solid-state material and a reactive atmosphere. While using Ta-O-N as an example system, we describe a combination of reactive sputter deposition and rapid thermal processing for synthesis of mixed-anion inorganic materials. Heuristic optimization of reactive gas pressures to attain a desired anion stoichiometry is discussed, and the ability of rapid thermal processing to enable amorphous to crystalline transitions without preferential anion loss is demonstrated through the controlled synthesis of nitride, oxide and oxynitride phases.},
doi = {10.1557/jmr.2015.140},
journal = {Journal of Materials Research},
number = 19,
volume = 30,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Wed May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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