SUPERFICIES y VACIO Vol. 9, 1999

Table of Contents


 
Foreword
Interfacial reactions of Ti/ and Zr/Si1-xGex/Si contacts with rapid thermal annealing
Yukio Yasuda, Osamu Nakatsuka, Shigeaki Zaima
1
Preparation and optical properties of Ge and C-induced Ge quantum dots on Si
K. Eberl, and O. G. Schmidt, O. Kienzle and F. Ernst.
7
In situ electron-beam processing for III-V semiconductor nanostructure fabrication
Tomonori Ishikawa, Shigeru Kohmoto, Tetsuya Nishimura, Kiyoshi Asakawa
12
Application of synchrotron radiation to TXRF analysis of metal contamination on silicon wafer surfaces
P. Pianetta, K. Baur, S. Brennan, D. Werho, J. Wang
17
Monitoring of the MBE growth processes of CdTe on InSb by laser light scattering
J. Huerta, M.López and O. Zelaya. Angel
22
Influences of nitridation and thermal annealing on GaN buffer layers and the property of subsequent GaN epilayers grown by MOCVD
Dong-Sing Wuu , Wei-Hao Tseng, Wei-Tsung Lin, Ray-Hua Horng
26
Ion beam irradiation of thin CaF2 films: A study of lithographic properties
A. Ramírez, A. Zehe, A. Thomas
30
Image Analysis of Semicontinuous Metal Films
J. Boldyš and R. Hrach
32
Growth mode variations of thin films on nano-faceted substrates
K. Mae and T. Honda
37
MCT Epitaxial Films: Discrete Solution of a non linear Diffusion Problem Numerical Stability Study
E. Moyano A. Scarpettini, U.Gilabert, A. B. Trigubó
41
Intergranular coulomb blockade in thin films of magnetoresistive manganites
M. García-Hernández, A. de Andrés, J. L. Martínez, C. Prieto, A Muñoz and L. Vazquez
44
Linear electro-optic reflectance modulated spectra of GaAs (001) around E1 and E1+D1 transitions
A. Lastras-Martínez, R.E. Balderas-Navarro, L.F. Lastras-Martínez
48
Preparation of reactive magnetron sputtered SiC films by RF-RMS technique
A. Mahmood, S. Muhl, L. Enrique Sansores, E. Andrade
52
Optical properties, infrared spectroscopy and photoluminescence at low temperature of LPCVD silicon oxynitride thin films
Arturo Morales-Acevedo, Jesús Carrillo-López, Mariano Aceves, Wilfrido Calleja-Arriaga Elvia Díaz-Valdés, Gerardo Contreras and Concepción Mejía-García
56
Ultraviolet graded coatings: a comparison of different surface performance
Angela Piegari, Maria Rita Perrone, Maria Lucia Protopapa
59
The growth, structure and optical properties of CsI-PbI2 co-evaporated thin films
F. Somma, M. Nikl, K. Nitsch, C. Giampaolo, A.R. Phani, S. Santucci
62
Transparent conducting zinc-co-doped ITO films prepared by magnetron sputtering
Tadatsugu Minami, Takashi Yamamoto, Hidenobu Toda and Toshihiro Miyata
65
Manganese-activated gallium oxide EL phosphor thin films prepared using various deposition methods
Toshihiro Miyata, Toshikuni Nakatani and Tadatsugu Minami
70
Photoluminescence properties of Al2O3:Eu thin films deposited by Spray Pyrolysis
A. E. Esparza García, M. García, C. Falcony
74
The C-V investigation of light-related properties of porous silicon/crystalline silicon structure
E. Pincík, M. Jergel, J.Bartoš, C. Falcony M. Kucera
78
Growth of AlN Films by Chemical Vapor Deposition
Reynaldo Martínez Guerrero and J. Roberto Vargas García
82
Organically modified sol-gel films doped with infrared dyes: an optical investigation 
P. Prosposito, M. Casalboni and F. De Matteis, R. Pizzoferrato
85
Optical constants determination in thin films lead-free vitreous coatings
O.Paredes, C. Córdoba, J. Benavides
89
The formation of CdTe thin films by the stacked elemental layer method
L.R. Cruz, R.R. de Avillez
92
Spectroscopic ellipsometry of SixGe1-x / Si : a tool for composition and profile analysis in strained heterostructure used in the microelectronics industry
F. Ferrieu, P. Ribot and J. L. Regolini. 
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Antimony chalcogenide thin films: chemical bath deposition and formation of new materials by post deposition thermal processing
Y. Rodríguez-Lazcano, L. Guerrero, O.Gomez Daza, M. T. S. Nair, and P. K. Nair
100
Mechanical properties of boron nitride thin films obtained by rf-pecvd at low temperatures
J. Vilcarromero, M.N.P. Carreno and I. Pereyra
104
Formation of Electrical Conductive Hard-Carbon (DLC) Films Using i-C4H10/N2 Supermagnetron Plasma
Haruhisa Kinoshita, Jun Takahashi, Takuya Hando
108
Effects of the methane content on the characteristics of diamond like carbon films produced by sputtering
R.D.Mansano, M. Massi, P.Verdonck, P.M. Nogueira, L.S. Zambom, H.S.Maciel, C.Otani
111
Bias enhanced nucleation process of polycrystalline diamond films.
M.M. García, O. Sánchez, C. Gómez-Aleixandre and J.M. Albella
115
P-type doping in a-Si1-xCx:H obtained by PECVD
M.N.P. Carreño and I. Pereyra
119
Electron evaporation of carbon using a high density plasma.
S. Muhl, E. Camps, L. Escobar-Alarcón, O. Olea
123
Properties of DLC and CNx PECVD coatings
F. Cerny , J. Gurovic, J. Smolik, J. Macl, Z. Bryknar, V. Hnatowicz.
128
Study of argon/oxygen plasma used for creation of aluminium oxide thin films
Jaroslav Pavlík, Rudolf Hrach, Pavel Hedbávný, Petr Štovícek
131
Photoinduced chain fragment ordering in GdBa2Cu3Ox thin films
S. O. Valenzuela, A. Faintein, P. Etchegoin, B. Maiorov, E. Osquiguil and J. Guimpel
135
Formation Process and Material Properties of Reactive Sputtered IrO2 Thin Films
R. H. Horng , D. S. Wuu , L. H. Wu, M. K. Lee
139
Influence of the microstructure on the magnetoresistance of manganite thin films
A. de Andrés, M. García-Hernández, A. Muñoz-Martín, L. Martín, C. Prieto, L. Calzada, and J.L. Martínez
143
Ferroelectric Ba1-xSrxTiO3 Thin Films for DRAM’s Applications
G.A. Hirata, L.L. López and J. M. Siqueiros, J. McKittrick 
147
Characteristics of the PLT Thin Films with Various Pb/La Ratios
Seong Jun Kang, Dong Hoon Chang and Yung Sup Yoon
150
Two-zone furnace used to grow Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O films
A. Morales, J.L. Rosas, M.Jergel, C. Falcony, R. Martínez, M. García, R.T. Hernández
154
Superconducting Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O films deposited on Ag substrates
M. Jergel, A. Morales, J.L. Rojas, M. García, C. Falcony, R. Martinez, R.T. Hernández, A. De Ita
156
Growth of Pb(Zr0.53Ti0.47)O3 thin films on (111) silicon substrates
O. Blanco, A. G. Castellanos-Guzmán, J.L. Heiras
159
Rutherford Backscattering analysis of Bi-based superconducting films
J.C. Cheang-Wong, E. Díaz-Valdés, M. Jergel, A. Morales, R. Vargas
162
RBS and TEM studies of strain in epitaxially grown CaF2 on Si(111)
A. Tempel, Ramírez,, A. Zehe
166
Deposition of carbon nitride films by reactive Sub-picosecond pulsed laser ablation
S. Acquaviva, A. Perrone, A. Zocco A. Klini and C. Fotakis
169
Duality MOS–PN Junction in the Al/Silicon Rich Oxide/Si Structure as a Radiation Sensor
M. Aceves, J. Carrillo, J. Carranza, W. Calleja, P. Rosales, C. Falcony
174
Electrical properties of Ir-silicide formation on p-si(100) in ultra high vacuum
C.K. Chung, J. Hwang, T.H. Jaw and D.S. Wuu
177
Characterization of sputtered Ta-Ru thin films for ink-jet heater applications
D. S. Wuu, C. C. Chan, H. Horn
180
Structure of Si nano-clusters in ZnO matrix
J. García-Serrano, U. Pal
184
Thickness dependence of the properties of La0.6Sr0.4MnO3 thin films
M. Sirena, L. Steren and J. Guimpel
188
Excimer laser treated Ag/Co multilayers exhibiting giant magnetoresistance effect
M. Jergel, A. Anopchenko, E. Majková, M. Spasova, Š. Luby, V. Holý, M. Brunel, A. Luches, M. Martino
193
Chemical Stability of Ta Diffusion Barrier Between Cu and Si
T. Laurila , K. Zeng , J.K. Kivilahti, J. Molarius , I.Suni
199
Relation between microstructure and superconducting properties in a-axis 123 films and superlattices
C. Ballesteros, M. E. Gómez, J. I. Martín, M. Vélez, P. Prieto, J. L. Vicent
202
R.F.-Sputtered Tantalum-based diffusion barriers between copper and silicon
J.M.T. Molarius, I.Suni, T.Laurila, K.Zeng, and J.K.Kivilahti
206
The influence of TiB2-thinfilm thickness on metal - GaAs structural characteristics
Tetyana G. Kryshtab, Jesus Palacios Gomez, Petro M. Lytvyn, Oksana S. Lytvyn
210
 Effect of thermal processing on optical and electrical properties of copper selenide thin films
V.M. García, L. Guerrero, M.T.S. Nair and P.K. Nair
213
Characterization of new copper sulfide materials
C. Cruz-Vázquez, M. Inoue, M. B. Inoue, R. Bernal, and F. J. Espinoza-Beltrán
219
Electrical and crystallographic propierties of the spinel type ZnCr2-2x In2xS4
C. Vargas-Hernández, B. Acevedo-Frías, F. F. Serrano-Suarez.
222
Conduction in lead phthalocyanine thin films with aluminium electrodes
R.D. Gould and T.S. Shafai
226
Capacitance Variations in Cd3As2 Thin Film Sandwich Structures
R.D. Gould and M. Din
230
Preparation and properties of precursor Ba-Ca-Cu-(O,F) thin films deposited from fluorides for superconducting Tl- and Hg- based films
Š. Chromik, M. Jergel, V. Štrbík, Š. Benacka, C. Falcony, F. Hanic, M. Jergel, S. Jimenez, J.C.Cheang-Wong and E.Andrade
234
Micromachining of stabilised porous silicon with several morphological features
W. Calleja, R. Osorio, C. Vázquez, S. Quintana, and C. Falcony
239
A RHEED study of as-received and atomically clean Silicon surfaces in UHV-environment
M. Maeder, A. Ramírez, A. Zehe
242
Doping effects on the response of thin film ZnO gas sensor to ethanol vapour
F. Paraguay D and M. Miki-Yoshida, J. Morales, J. Solis, and W. Estrada L.
245
Morphology of composite films: a computer study
Stanislav Novák, Rudolf Hrach andMiloš Sobotka
248
Effect of a III-V buffer layer on the quality of ZnSe thin films grown by MBE on GaAs substrates
J. Luyo-Alvarado, M. A. Santana-Aranda, M. Meléndez-Lira, M. López-López, V. H. Méndez, M. A. Vidal and H. Yonezu
253
Application of optical scatterometry to microstructure changes of Si1-xGex/Si heterostructures grown by gas source molecular beam epitaxy
L. F. Zou, S.E. Acosta-Ortiz, and G.A. Perez-Herrera, L.E. Regalado, LuXin Zou, and J. Sarabia-Torres
256
Band Structure and Bulk Modulus of GaN
A. Mahmood, L. Enrique Sansores and S. Muhl
259
Gas Sensitive Thin Inorganic and Organic Layers Prepared by Pulsed Laser Deposition 
F. Vyslouzil, M. Vrnata, V. Myslík, M. Jelínek, J. Zemek and J. Lancok
263
Characterization of diamond-like carbon (DLC) thin films prepared by r.f. Magnetron sputtering
N. Alba, C. Rincón, G. Zambrano, P. Prieto and H. Galindo
267
Structure determination on (Ti,Al)N/Mo multilayers for hard coatings
C.J. Tavares, L. Rebouta and E.J. Alves
271
Mechanical and tribological properties of tungsten carbide sputtered coatings
J. Esteve, E. Martinez, G. Zambrano, P. Prieto, C. Rincon and H. Galindo
276
Thickness effects on aluminum thin films
P. Quintana, A. I. Oliva, O. Ceh and J. E. Corona
280
Interferometric thickness determination of thin metallic films
M. Hernández, A. Juárez and R. Hernández
283
Three-dimensional model for oxide thin film growth induced by laser heating of metallic surfaces
J.L.Jiménez Pérez, P. H. Sakanaka, M.A. Algatti, J.G. Mendoza-Alvarez and A. Cruz Orea 
286
Microwave plasma steel nitriding using different H2-N2 gas mixtures
Enrique Camps, Fernando Becerril, Stephen Muhl, O. Alvarez-Fregoso, M. Villagrán 
290
Optoelectronic properties of CdO-Si heterojunctions
Mauricio Ortega, Guillermo Santana, and Arturo Morales-Acevedo
294
Effect of thermal treatment on the optical properties of colloidal Cu nanoparticles prepared by ion-implantation in quartz glass
A. Bautista-Hernández U. Pal, L. Rodríguez-Fernández, J. C. Chean-Wong
296
Structural and optical properties of (ZnO)x(CdO)1-x thin films obtained by spray pyrolysis
Guillermo Santana, Arturo Morales-Acevedo, Osvaldo Vigil, Francisco Cruz, and Gerardo Contreras-Puente, Lídice Vaillant
300
Laser deposition of CNX films combined with RF and hollow cathode discharges
M. Jelinek, J. Lancok, L. Jastrabik, L. Soukup, M. Simeckova, Z. Zelinger
303
High deposition rate a-Si:H layers from pure SiH4 and from a 10% dilution of SiH4 in H2
M. Estrada, A. Cerdeira, and S. Soto, I. Pereyra
306
Theoretical study of the structural, electronic and vibrational properties of CdIn2Te4
Miguel Fuentes-Cabrera and Otto F. Sankey
310
Optical spectroscopy of near-surface excitonic states
H. Azucena-Coyotécatl, N.R. Grigorieva, B.A. Kazennov, J. Madrigal-Melchor, B.V. Novikov, F. Pérez-Rodríguez and A.V. Sel’kin
313
Laser deposition of Ti:sapphire films on quartz and sapphire and chalcogenide glass AsS films
J. Lancok, M. Jelínek, L. Soukup, J. Oswald, K. Jurek, F. Flory, M. Frumar
316