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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
We report an excellent growth behavior of a high- dielectric on ReS2, a two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD). The atomic layer deposition (ALD) of an Al2O3 thin film on the UV-Ozone pretreated surface of ReS2 yields a pinhole free and conformal growth. In-situ half-cycle X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to monitor the interfacial chemistry and ex-situ atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to evaluate the surface morphology. A significant enhancement in the uniformity of the Al2O3 thin film was deposited via plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD), while pinhole free Al2O3 was achieved using a UV-Ozone pretreatment. The ReS2 substrate stays intact during all different experiments and processes without any formation of the Re oxide. This work demonstrates that a combination of the ALD process and the formation of weak S-O bonds presents an effective …
Publisher: 
MDPI
Publication date: 
10 Apr 2019
Authors: 

Ava Khosravi, Rafik Addou, Massimo Catalano, Jiyoung Kim, Robert M Wallace

Biblio References: 
Volume: 12 Issue: 7
Origin: 
MATERIALS