کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1672474 | 1008934 | 2009 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
![عکس صفحه اول مقاله: Analyzing residual stress in bilayer chalcogenide Ge2Se3/SnTe films Analyzing residual stress in bilayer chalcogenide Ge2Se3/SnTe films](/preview/png/1672474.png)
Chalcogenide thin film stacks of polycrystalline SnTe and amorphous Ge2Se3 are analyzed for residual stress using X-ray diffraction. The as-deposited film stacks are annealed at different temperatures and the thermal dependence of stress is investigated. Stress evaluations are performed by employing the sin2ψ technique using a 2D area detector system. As-deposited samples are found to be compressively stressed and exhibit increasingly tensile thermal stress with increasing annealing temperature. Onset of crystallization of the bottom Ge2Se3 layer is indicated by a sharp drop in the stress level in the 270 °C–360 °C temperature range, due to volume shrinkage associated with the crystallization. Diffraction patterns of samples annealed at different temperatures indicate compositional changes that are attributed to inter-diffusion of ions between the two layers. The XRD profiles of samples annealed at 360 °C and 450 °C indicate the formation of a Ge2Se3–SnTe solid solution. It is suggested that both, residual stress and temperature dependent compositional changes affect the measured d spacings.
Journal: Thin Solid Films - Volume 517, Issue 24, 30 October 2009, Pages 6516–6519