High-throughput screening of Si-Ni flux for SiC solution growth using a high-temperature laser microscope observation and secondary ion mass spectroscopy depth profiling

ACS Comb Sci. 2013 Jun 10;15(6):287-90. doi: 10.1021/co400009z. Epub 2013 May 28.

Abstract

Screening of Si-based flux materials for solution growth of SiC single crystals was demonstrated using a thin film composition-spread technique. The reactivity and diffusion of carbon in a composition spread of the flux was investigated by secondary ion mass spectroscopy depth profiling of the annealed flux thin film spread on a graphite substrate. The composition dependence of the chemical interaction between a seed crystal and flux materials was revealed by high-temperature thermal behavior observation of the flux and the subsequent morphological study of the surface after removing the flux using atomic force microscopy. Our new screening approach is shown to be an efficient process for understanding flux materials for SiC solution growth.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Compounds, Inorganic / chemistry*
  • Crystallization
  • Equipment Design
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays / instrumentation
  • High-Throughput Screening Assays / methods*
  • Hot Temperature
  • Materials Testing
  • Microscopy, Confocal*
  • Nickel / chemistry*
  • Silicon / chemistry*
  • Silicon Compounds / chemistry*
  • Spectrometry, Mass, Secondary Ion*
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Carbon Compounds, Inorganic
  • Silicon Compounds
  • Nickel
  • silicon carbide
  • Silicon