{"title":"Synthesis of ternary titanium–niobium nitride nanoparticles by induction thermal plasma","authors":"Yirong Wang, Kaiwen Zhang, Motonori Hirose, Junya Matsuno, Manabu Tanaka, Takayuki Watanabe","doi":"10.35848/1347-4065/ad70be","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ad70be","url":null,"abstract":"High-purity ternary titanium–niobium nitride nanoparticles were prepared by an induction thermal plasma. Metallic Ti and Nb powders served as raw materials. Molar fractions of Nb/(Ti+Nb) were set at various levels including 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1. Ammonia was introduced from the bottom into the plasma equipment as a quench gas. Nanoparticles crystallized in a cubic rock salt structure in the crystallographic space group <italic toggle=\"yes\">Fm</italic>-3<italic toggle=\"yes\">m</italic>. All nanoparticles exhibited similar morphology. The average particle size across all samples is approximately 10–14 nm. Elements Ti, Nb, and N are almost uniformly distributed in the nanoparticles. Investigations into the formation mechanism were conducted by examining nucleation temperature and thermodynamic analysis. Ternary titanium–niobium nitride nanoparticles form rapidly through nucleation, condensation, and coagulation with a nitridation reaction. Induction thermal plasma proves to be a highly efficient method for synthesizing ternary titanium–niobium nitride nanoparticles.","PeriodicalId":14741,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics","volume":"423 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Aphayvong, K. Takaki, N. Fujimura, T. Yoshimura
{"title":"Enhancement of the piezoelectric properties of (100) BiFeO3 films on Si by all-sputtered epitaxial growth","authors":"S. Aphayvong, K. Takaki, N. Fujimura, T. Yoshimura","doi":"10.35848/1347-4065/ad6d74","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ad6d74","url":null,"abstract":"The epitaxial growth of perovskite-type ferroelectric thin films on Si substrates is expected to be a method that dramatically improves the electrical properties, including the piezoelectricity. Here, we report the epitaxial growth of all films from the buffer layer to the ferroelectric layer in a single sputtering chamber. This achievement was driven by the use of the TiN buffer layer and the search for adhesion layers to improve the low adhesion between Pt and TiN. As a demonstration of the epitaxial growth of ferroelectric films, (100) BiFeO<sub>3</sub> films were fabricated using the biaxial combinatorial method. The films exhibited a crystal structure and electrical properties different from epitaxial films grown on oxide single crystals and oriented films. Under optimized conditions, the films showed well-developed polarization electric-field properties and a transverse piezoelectric constant <italic toggle=\"yes\">e</italic>\u0000<sub>31,f</sub> ∼ −6.0 C m<sup>−2</sup>.","PeriodicalId":14741,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Deep learning model for predicting the spatial distribution of binding energy from atomic configurations","authors":"Seiki Saito, Shingo Sato, Hiroaki Nakamura, Chako Takahashi, Keiji Sawada, Kazuo Hoshino, Masahiro Kobayashi, Masahiro Hasuo","doi":"10.35848/1347-4065/ad6e8e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ad6e8e","url":null,"abstract":"Understanding plasma-material interaction is crucial for achieving steady-state operation of magnetic confinement fusion devices. Kinetic Monte Carlo (kMC) simulation is a powerful tool for investigating the motion of atoms in the plasma facing materials under the influence of this interaction. To predict trapping sites and migration energies necessary for kMC simulations, we developed a deep learning model based on pix2pix for predicting the spatial distribution of binding energy. Results show that the model can reproduce spatial distributions similar to the true values. However, larger errors occur in regions with steep value gradients.","PeriodicalId":14741,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218102","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Investigation of the activation and diffusion of ion-implanted p-type and n-type dopants in germanium using high-pressure annealing","authors":"Tai-Chen Kuo, Wen-Hsi Lee, Michael Ira Current","doi":"10.35848/1347-4065/ad6ed6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ad6ed6","url":null,"abstract":"In this study, we investigate the effectiveness of high-pressure annealing (HPA) compared to microwave annealing (MWA) in activating n-type and p-type dopants in germanium. For phosphorus dopants, HPA at 500 °C significantly enhances the activation level, resulting in a reduction of sheet resistance to 120.1 ohms sq.<sup>−1</sup> and a maximum active concentration of up to 5.76 × 10<sup>19</sup> P cm<sup>−3</sup>. Similarly, for boron dopants, HPA at 800 °C reduces the sheet resistance to 80.6 ohms sq.<sup>−1</sup> and achieves a maximum active concentration that maintains effective doping profiles. Transmission electron microscopy images reveal that the amorphous layers implanted with phosphorus and boron are significantly reduced, indicating that HPA is more effective in achieving solid-phase epitaxial regrowth compared to MWA. HPA demonstrates superior performance in minimizing dopant diffusion and reducing sheet resistance for both phosphorus and boron dopants, making it a preferable method for high-temperature annealing in germanium-based devices.","PeriodicalId":14741,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics","volume":"10 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andrey Ushakov, Ad Verlaan, Ulf Stephan, Olaff Steinke, Cederik Meekes, André Rijfers, Peter Giesen, Eiichi Yatsuka, Maarten de Bock, Michele Bassan, Lucas Moser, Masahito Yokoyama, Erik van Beekum, Shobhit Yadav
{"title":"Plasma sources sputtering nanoscale contaminants with low-energy ion flux on front-end mirrors in ITER optical diagnostics","authors":"Andrey Ushakov, Ad Verlaan, Ulf Stephan, Olaff Steinke, Cederik Meekes, André Rijfers, Peter Giesen, Eiichi Yatsuka, Maarten de Bock, Michele Bassan, Lucas Moser, Masahito Yokoyama, Erik van Beekum, Shobhit Yadav","doi":"10.35848/1347-4065/ad6e90","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ad6e90","url":null,"abstract":"New plasma sources are proposed to clean optical mirrors in diagnostic instruments of the ITER experiment considering RF discharges operating at low pressures (1–10 Pa) in inert gases. There are nearly twenty optical diagnostics where the front-end optical mirrors may require plasma cleaning. The mirrors vary in size and would need up to 400 W in the discharge to form ion fluxes capable of removing Be- and W-containing contaminants to restore the optical performance with tolerable damage to the mirror. The plasma sources suggested to clean contaminants include a vacuum matching circuit placed close to the mirror and a quarter wavelength band stop notch filter when mirror water cooling is needed. Long-term operation stability and cleaning homogeneity may employ a driving frequency variation to tune the circuit and a phase shift for RF voltages to clean two mirrors simultaneously. In this paper, the plasma sources based on 40 MHz RF discharge to clean first mirrors are studied experimentally for two ITER optical instruments: the Edge Thomson Scattering and the Visible Spectroscopy Reference System. Frequency tuning and phase shifting are studied in realistic configurations prototyping diagnostic port plug geometries.","PeriodicalId":14741,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218103","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Relationship between the surface free energy of underlayers and the dissolution kinetics of poly(4-hydroxystyrene) partially protected by t-butoxycarbonyl groups in tetramethylammonium hydroxide aqueous developer","authors":"Jiahao Wang, Takahiro Kozawa","doi":"10.35848/1347-4065/ad6f86","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ad6f86","url":null,"abstract":"In the lithography used for the high-volume production of semiconductor devices, the photoresist film becomes thin with the reduction in pattern size to prevent the pattern collapse due to the surface tension of rinsing liquids. The interfacial effect becomes strong with the reduction in photoresist film thickness. In the development process, it is of importance to clarify the relationship between the photoresist and the underlayer for fine patterning. In this study, the dissolution kinetics of poly(4-hydroxystyrene) (PHS) partially protected by <italic toggle=\"yes\">t</italic>-butoxycarbonyl (<italic toggle=\"yes\">t</italic>-Boc) groups in tetramethylammonium hydroxide (TMAH) aqueous solution was found to be related to the surface free energy of the underlayer. The attenuation rate of developer viscosity first decreased and then increased with the polar-to-dispersion component ratio. An inflection point with the lowest rate existed. The TMAH concentration affected not only the attenuation rate but also the ratio of polar to dispersion components at the minimum attenuation rate.","PeriodicalId":14741,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics","volume":"303 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218107","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Strain sensing based on modal interference spectrum in polarization-maintaining fiber","authors":"Tomohiro Shiozaki, Ariasu Tamura, Yosuke Mizuno","doi":"10.35848/1347-4065/ad6f84","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ad6f84","url":null,"abstract":"We investigate a simple structure in which a polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF) is sandwiched between two single-mode fibers (SMFs). By injecting broadband light and observing the modal interference spectrum of the transmitted light in the 870 nm range, we identify a clear shift dependent on the strain applied to the PMF. In addition, we demonstrate that in the same wavelength range, the strain applied to the SMFs before and after the PMF does not influence the interference spectrum. This result confirms that only the PMF segment exhibits strain sensitivity.","PeriodicalId":14741,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Analysis of hot carrier instability in a floating body cell","authors":"Hiroomi Nakajima, Tomoaki Shino, Hironobu Furuhashi, Jun Nishimura, Tomoki Higashi, Katsuyuki Fujita, Kosuke Hatsuda, Ryo Fukuda, Takeshi Kajiyama","doi":"10.35848/1347-4065/ad69eb","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ad69eb","url":null,"abstract":"Hot carrier instability (HCI) in a floating body cell (FBC) has been investigated. The FBC is a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) made entirely of a silicon-on-insulator (SOI)-MOS without a capacitor. For FBC realization, there is an influence of a physical phenomenon different from the normal MOS because of its structural and operational characteristics of SOI-MOS. The difference between bulk and SOI-MOS is not yet clear, especially for HCI. In this study, we clarified the importance of the structural and geometrical factors of the FBC cell transistor and the SOI-specific floating body effect in the HCI regime of FBCs.","PeriodicalId":14741,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics","volume":"37 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218111","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparison of electronic stopping powers of 4H-SiC and 2H-GaN for low-velocity 〈0001〉 channeled ions with atomic numbers of 12 to 15","authors":"Kazuhiro Mochizuki, Tomoaki Nishimura, Tomoyoshi Mishima","doi":"10.35848/1347-4065/ad6bda","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ad6bda","url":null,"abstract":"Measured electronic stopping powers along the 〈0001〉 direction (<italic toggle=\"yes\">S</italic>\u0000<sub>e</sub>) of 4H-SiC and 2H-GaN for low-velocity <sub>12</sub>Mg, <sub>13</sub>Al, and <sub>15</sub>P ions were reproduced with the modified El-Hoshy−Gibbons model that reduced not only the atomic numbers of projectiles and targets but also the impact parameter for small-angle collisions (based on the Kohn−Sham radii of projectiles) in the Firsov model. Unreported <italic toggle=\"yes\">S</italic>\u0000<sub>e</sub> of 2H-GaN for low-velocity <sub>14</sub>Si ions was then predicted to be between <italic toggle=\"yes\">S</italic>\u0000<sub>e</sub> of 2H-GaN for <sub>12</sub>Mg ions and <italic toggle=\"yes\">S</italic>\u0000<sub>e</sub> of 4H-SiC for <sub>13</sub>Al ions, indicating not only Al and Mg but also Si channeling being usable for fabricating cost-effective superjunctions.","PeriodicalId":14741,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics","volume":"4 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218112","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Quoc-Phong Pham, Le Ngoc Quynh Hoa, Muhamad Amirul Haq, Le Nam Quoc Huy
{"title":"Investigation of the impact of environmental conditions on the mechanical properties of thin-film copper wafers","authors":"Quoc-Phong Pham, Le Ngoc Quynh Hoa, Muhamad Amirul Haq, Le Nam Quoc Huy","doi":"10.35848/1347-4065/ad6bd9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/ad6bd9","url":null,"abstract":"Thin-film copper offers excellent film texture for multilevel interconnections in integrated circuit fabrication due to its superior resistance to electromigration and high electrical conductivity. To perform a chemical mechanical planarization process during semiconductor fabrication of copper, it is necessary to have a thorough understanding of the nanomechanical properties of thin-film copper. In this study, thin-film copper and reacted passivation layers on silicon substrate wafers are investigated for their nanomechanical properties under various environmental conditions. The results of this study indicate that thin-film copper passivation layers have different properties in deionized (DI) water and polishing slurry environments compared to thin-film copper exposed to ambient air. Interestingly, variations in temperature within wet environments do not significantly affect the properties of thin-film copper wafers; but changes in properties are largely driven by chemical processes. The insights gained from this study emphasize the significance of considering both the passivation layers and wet environments in semiconductor fabrication processes, which contributes to the advancement of copper-based interconnect materials and optimization of the chemical mechanical planarization process in semiconductor manufacturing.","PeriodicalId":14741,"journal":{"name":"Japanese Journal of Applied Physics","volume":"61 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142218117","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}