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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
Ion bombardment during thin film growth is known to cause structural and morphological changes in the deposited films, thus affecting their physical properties. In this work zirconium nitride films have been deposited by the ion assisted magnetron sputtering technique. The ion energy is controlled by varying the voltage applied to the substrate in the range 0–25 V. The deposited ZrN films are characterized for their structure, surface roughness, oxygen contamination, optical reflectance and electrical resistivity. With increasing substrate voltage crystallinity of the films is enhanced with a preferential orientation of the ZrN grains having the (1 1 1) axis perpendicular to the substrate surface. At the same time, a decrease in electrical resistivity and oxygen contamination content is observed up to 20 V. A higher substrate voltage (25 V) causes an inversion in the observed experimental trends. The role of oxygen …
Publisher: 
IOP Publishing
Publication date: 
18 May 2010
Authors: 

MA Signore, D Valerini, A Rizzo, L Tapfer, L Capodieci, A Cappello

Biblio References: 
Volume: 43 Issue: 22 Pages: 225401
Origin: 
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics