WO2016198341A1 - Procede de fabrication de nanostructures - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method for manufacturing at least one type of nanostructures, in particular of the "nanofll” type, as well as to structures comprising a plurality of such nanostructures and which can be obtained, in particular, by such a method.
- the invention applies in particular to the fields of nanoelectronics, sensors, optoelectronics and photonics.
- nanostructures of one-dimensional (nanowires) or zero-dimensional (quantum dots) semiconductor nanostructures have been the subject of a major effort in terms of research and development. This is mainly due to the potential applications in mesoscopic physics and especially for functionalized components in the field of photonics, lasers or biological and chemical sensors.
- nanostructure means any structure having at least one "sub-micrometric" dimension, that is to say between 1 nm and 1000 nm, or more restrictively between 1 nm and 100 nm.
- nanowire means a nanostructure having two dimensions (said transverse or lateral, if these dimensions are approximately equal we can speak of "diameter") of between 1 nm and 1000 (or 100) nm, and a dimension (length) at less than ten times greater than the largest transverse dimension.
- Quantum box means a nanostructure other than a nanowire and having three dimensions between 1 nm and 1000 (or 100) nm. Nanostructures can be integrated into a matrix or nanostructure of larger dimensions, made of a different material. For example, “slices" of a nanowire allowing the confinement of charge carriers can constitute quantum boxes.
- a first approach for the manufacture of rectilinear nanowires oriented perpendicularly to a substrate is called "bottom up"("bottomup” in English).
- nanostructures are made by epitaxial growth on a substrate.
- This growth can be self-organized using a metal catalyst by the method goes little r-liquid-solid (VLS) [1].
- VLS r-liquid-solid
- a disadvantage of this method is the risk of metal contamination of the nanostructure - generally semiconducting - by the catalyst.
- Self-organized growth is also possible without a catalyst, but in this case structural defects and especially problems of nanostructure orientation are observed [2,3].
- the control of the size and the position of the nanostructures remains very difficult by this method.
- a second approach for the manufacture of straight nanowires oriented perpendicular to a substrate is called “top down”. It consists in shaping the nanostructures from one or more epitaxial layers previously deposited on a substrate. A mask is then used and the nanostructures are obtained by etching, most often dry. In addition to the mask-related resolution issues (see above) there are also problems with burning. In particular, it is difficult to maintain vertical flanks on large thicknesses [6] and thus to produce nanostructures with a high aspect ratio ("aspect ratio" in English), that is to say having a diameter of about ten nanometers and a length of several hundred nanometers. Moreover, as in the case of the ascending approach, the mask must be made ex situ, which introduces a risk of contamination of the structure.
- the invention aims to overcome at least some of the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art. More particularly, it relates to the production of nanostructures whose dimensions, density and control of these parameters can not be achieved, or very difficultly, by the methods known from the prior art.
- the invention aims in particular at producing nanowires of small diameter (less than 10 nm, or even 5 nm or less) with orientations and advantageously also well controlled heights, quantum boxes without wetting layer and can reach a ratio of aspect very close to 1, sets of nanowires and quantum boxes included in an epitaxial matrix. According to advantageous embodiments, it also aims to obtain nanostructures substantially free of contamination.
- the nanostructures obtained according to the invention are generally made of semiconductor material, but may more generally be made of any crystalline material, typically inorganic, metallic or non-metallic.
- the etching is replaced by selective evaporation of the regions of a multilayered layer or structure which are not covered by a mask ( we can speak of "thermal etching").
- the mask can be self-organized; this makes it possible, on the one hand, to overcome the limitations of resolution inherent in lithography, and on the other hand to carry out all the steps of the process in the same epitaxial reactor, minimizing the risks of contamination and optimizing the purity and quality of the nanostructures.
- an object of the invention is a method of manufacturing at least one type of nanostructures comprising the following steps:
- the mask stabilizes the surface of the multilayer monocrystalline layer or structure and hinders its evaporation.
- Said multilayer monocrystalline layer or structure may have a crystalline structure such that its evaporation rate is higher along crystalline planes parallel to said surface than along inclined or perpendicular planes with respect to said surface.
- Said step of partially covering a surface of a multilayer monocrystalline layer or structure by a discontinuous mask can be implemented by self-organizing growth of said mask on said surface.
- the process may then also include a prior epitaxial growth step of said monocrystalline layer or multilayer structure. In this case, moreover;
- At least said epitaxial growth steps of said monocrystalline micron-layer layer or structure and deposition of said mask by self-organized growth on said surface can be carried out inside a same epitaxial reactor; in addition, said step of vacuum heating said layer or structure multilayers can also be implemented inside said epitaxial reactor.
- Said steps of epitaxial growth of said monocrystalline layer or multilayer structure and deposition of said mask by self-organized growth on said surface can be implemented by a technique chosen from molecular beam epitaxy and vapor phase epitaxy.
- Said multilayer monocrystalline layer or structure may be deposited on top of a so-called stop layer having an evaporation temperature higher than said etching temperature.
- said step of vacuum heating said layer or multilayer structure can be stopped during the formation of pyramid-shaped structures having faces corresponding to crystalline planes of said layer or multilayer structure and having a said island of the mask at their summits.
- said step of vacuum heating said layer or multilayer structure can be continued until the formation of pillar-shaped structures having a said island of the mask at their vertices.
- Said layer or multilayer structure may be a multilayer structure comprising at least one quantum well.
- the method may also comprise an epitaxial growth step of a new monocrystalline multilayer layer or structure implemented after said step of heating under vacuum.
- the method may also comprise, after said epitaxial growth step of a new monocrystalline multilayer layer or structure, the partial overlap of a surface of said new monocrystalline multilayer layer or structure by a new discontinuous mask, forming islands. discrete having at least one sub-micrometric side dimension and made of a material having an evaporation temperature higher than that of said new layer or multilayer structure, and heating under vacuum of said new layer or multilayer structure at an etching temperature, greater than its evaporation temperature but lower than that of said mask, so as to cause evaporation of said new layer or multilayer structure outside the regions covered by the mask.
- the method may also comprise an epitaxial growth step of a new monocrystalline layer or multilayer structure above said mask, and then a step of partially covering a surface of said new monocrystalline multilayer layer or structure with a new mask. discontinuous, forming discrete islands having at least a sub-micrometric side dimension and made of a material having an evaporation temperature higher than that of monocrystalline multilayer layers or structures, these steps being followed by said vacuum heating step, which is implemented at an etching temperature higher than the evaporation temperature of said layers or multilayer structures but less than that of said masks.
- Another object of the invention is a structure comprising a plurality of nanowires extending from the surface of a substrate in a direction substantially perpendicular to said surface, a plurality of said nanowires having a first length and another plurality of said nanowires. having a second length, different from said first length.
- Another object of the invention is a structure comprising at least one group of quantum boxes in a monocrystalline matrix deposited on a planar substrate, the quantum boxes of said or each said group being aligned in a direction substantially perpendicular to said substrate.
- Another object of the invention is a structure in which the quantum boxes of each said group have decreasing lateral dimensions with the distance of said substrate.
- Another object of the invention is a structure comprising a plurality of pyramid-shaped nanostructures extending from the surface of a substrate in a direction substantially perpendicular to said surface.
- Another object of the invention is a structure comprising a plurality of nanowires in an epitaxial matrix, said nanowires being oriented parallel to a direction of epitaxial growth of the matrix.
- FIGS. 1A to 1E illustrate the various steps of a method according to one embodiment of the invention
- FIGS. 2A to 2E illustrate in more detail the course of the step of selective evaporation of such a method
- Figs. 3A, 3B and 3C are scanning electron micrograph images corresponding to Figs. 2C to 2E, respectively;
- FIG. 4 illustrates the variation of the nanowire density that can be obtained by controlling the growth time of the self-organized mask
- FIG. 5 is a transmission electron microscopy image showing a sectional view of a structure according to one embodiment of the invention, constituted by nanowires in an epitaxial matrix;
- FIG. 8A is a transmission electron microscopy image showing a sectional view of a structure according to one embodiment of the invention, constituted by stacks of quantum boxes in an epitaxial matrix;
- Figure 8B schematically illustrates a variant of the structure of Figure 6A.
- FIG. 7 is a scanning electron microscope image showing a sectional view of a structure according to another embodiment of the invention, constituted by two populations of nanowires of different heights extending from the surface of a substrate.
- the first steps of a method according to one embodiment of the invention are epitaxial growth operations of different layers intended to form the nanostructures.
- the growth is carried out in a two-dimensional manner, for example by epitaxy by jets in the presence of ammonia (EJM-NH3), or by vapor phase epitaxy.
- EJM-NH3 ammonia
- EJM-NH3 ammonia
- vapor phase epitaxy From a "springboard" sample 1 (FIG. 1A), which can be, for example, a solid monocrystalline gallium nitride (GaN) substrate or a thin layer of such a material deposited on another substrate (silicon, sapphire, silicon carbide, zinc oxide), it is first deposited (FIG.
- a so-called stop layer 2 for example made of having a thickness of a few nanometers or even tens of nanometers, for example 20 nm.
- a layer or multilayer structure 3 is deposited from which the nanostructures will be made; it may be for example a single GaN layer, or a multiple quantum well structure InGaN / GaN; the thickness of this layer or multilayer structure is substantially equal to the height of the nanostructures to be manufactured; it can therefore be between a few nanometers and several hundred nanometers, or even a micrometer or more.
- a mask 4 for example silicon nitride, is deposited, which covers only partially the surface of the layer or multilayer structure 3. This can be obtained by stopping the deposition operation at the appropriate moment. Indeed, the deposition of an epitaxial layer (here, the mask 4) on a substrate (here, the layer 3) is not done in a uniform way: the atoms or molecules deposited on the substrate are grouped in islands (self growth -organized) which, if the deposit is not interrupted, merge to form a uniform layer, whose thickness then begins to increase gradually.
- the mask 4 for example silicon nitride
- the layer or multilayer structure 3 must present an evaporation temperature T 3 lower than that of layers 2 and 4 (t 2, U, respectively).
- “Evaporation” means any transition from the solid state to the state of gas or vapor; it can be a purely physical process (sublimation) or involves a chemical reaction (thermal decomposition).
- the layer or multilayer structure 3 should preferably have a crystalline structure such that its evaporation rate is lower in vertical crystalline planes (parallel to the direction of growth) than in horizontal crystalline planes (parallel to the surface on which is made the deposit) or inclined. This condition is not particularly constraining: for a given composition of the layer or multilayer structure 3, it can be satisfied simply by choosing in a timely manner the crystalline orientation of the springboard 1.
- the springboard 1 may be a nitride layer of elements III, gallium nitride GaN, aluminum nitride AlN or indium nitride InN. It can also be an alloy of nitrides of elements III, (Al, Ga) N, (In, Ga) N, (Al, In) N or (Ga, Al, In) N.
- the layer or multilayer structure to be evaporated 3 may be gallium nitride GaN and the mask 4 may be silicon nitride SiN.
- the barrier layer 2 may be an alloy of aluminum nitride and gallium nitride (Al, Ga) N.
- the layer or multilayer structure may be an alloy of indium nitride and gallium nitride (In, Ga) N
- the mask 4 may be silicon nitride SiN, or an alloy of aluminum nitride and gallium nitride (Al, Ga) N.
- the stop layer 2 can be omitted.
- at least the materials of layers 1, 2 (if present) and 3 must be monocrystalline and have crystalline parameters compatible with epitaxial growth of the structure.
- the next step of the process is the "thermal etching" operation. It can be implemented preferably in the same epitaxial reactor as that used during the growth stages, but it is also possible to transfer the sample to another enclosure, for example an annealing furnace under a controlled atmosphere.
- the sample (structure formed by layers 1 to 4) is heated under vacuum at a temperature t higher than the evaporation temperature of the layer or multilayer structure, but lower than that of the barrier layer 2 (or springboard 1, if layer 2 is absent) and mask 4: t 3 ⁇ t ⁇ min (t 2 , tu ").
- the mask locally stabilizes the layer or multilayer structure 3; thus, only the regions of the layer or multilayer structure 3 not covered by the mask evaporate, leaving behind vertical pillars or nanowires 30 on their top an island of the mask 4.
- the etching stops when the evaporation front haslele the stop layer 2.
- all the manufacturing steps are carried out in a molecular beam epitaxy reactor.
- the system is equipped with conventional solid source evaporation cells for gallium and aluminum. It is also provided with an ammonia line, which makes it possible to obtain atomic nitrogen by pyrolysis of the NH 3 molecule in contact with the growth surface of the sample.
- Another solid-source evaporation cell, containing silicon, is used for the n-type doping of element III nitrides.
- the temperature of the sample is measured using an infrared pyrometer.
- the growth temperature is 800 ° C.
- the system also has an electron gun for high energy grazing incidence electron diffraction (RHEED).
- the springboard layer 1, whose surface is a plane (0001), is GaN.
- the layer to be evaporated 3 is made of GaN and is 60 nm thick.
- the mask 4 is made by simultaneously exposing the sample to ammonia and silicon streams. The flow of ammonia is 100 sccm (cubic centimeters per minute under standard conditions) and the silicon doping cell is heated to a temperature of 1250X. The duration of the exposure is typically of the order of 5 minutes.
- FIGS. 2A to 2D Each of these figures presents an idealized three-dimensional representation of the surface (left part) and the corresponding RHEED picture (right part).
- the surface is two-dimensional and vertical lines are observed on the RHEED plate.
- the image evolves towards a diagram consisting of points, characteristics of the diffraction of a three-dimensional surface.
- characteristic chevrons of the diffraction by facets appear on the RHEED ( Figure 2C).
- the measurement of the angle of the rafters makes it possible to determine the nature of the facets, here plans ⁇ 1-103 ⁇ .
- the facets form hexagonal-based pyramids which on evaporating release from vertical planes ⁇ 1-100 ⁇ . These planes surround the masked areas and form nanowires 30. This is reflected in the RHEED image by the presence of horizontal lines (Figure 2D).
- FIGS. 3A to 3C are images produced by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) which illustrate this subject.
- Figure 3A shows hexagonal-based pyramids, which corresponds to Figure 2C.
- FIG. 3B shows the simultaneous presence of pyramids and nanowires, as in FIG. 2D.
- FIG. 3C shows nanowires, which corresponds to FIG. 2E.
- the dimensions of the pyramids are directly related to the thickness h of the layer to be evaporated 3.
- the height of the pyramids is equal to h.
- the faces of the pyramids make an angle ⁇ with the growth surface.
- the base of the pyramids is inscribed in a circle whose diameter is equal to 2h / tan (9).
- the angle ⁇ is 35 degrees and the pyramids have a base of 170 nm.
- the nanowires their diameter varies from 5 to 20 nm; it depends on the diameter of the islands forming the discontinuous mask 4
- FIG. 4 shows SEM images corresponding to samples in which the exposure time of 5 minutes has been varied. (up) at 30 minutes (down). The density of the islands of the mask 4 " and thus the nanowires, thus goes from 2.5 * 10 9 cm “ 2 to 1.5x10 1 cm “2 . This is therefore a very effective and simple way to control the density of nanostructures.
- the method described above provides a structure consisting of a plurality of nanostructures (nanowires or pyramids) projecting from the surface of a sample.
- FIG. 5 shows an image of transmission electron microscopy (transverse section) of GaN nanowires 30 encapsulated in a layer of (Al, Ga) N 300 deposited after the thermal etching step.
- the surface roughness of this encapsulation layer, or matrix, 300 is very small, of the order of 0.6 nm (measured by atomic force microscopy).
- FIG. 5 also makes it possible to verify that the nanowires 30 have an excellent crystalline quality: no defects are observed neither inside the nanowires, nor at the interface between these nanowires and the stop layer in (AI, Ga ) N, nor at the interface between the nanowires and the encapsulation layer.
- FIG. 6A illustrates the structure that can be obtained starting from a multiple quantum well type evaporating structure 3, consisting of an alternation of layers (ln, Ga) N of thickness equal to 3 nm (the wells). quantum) and in GaN. After thermal etching, nanowires containing quantum dots are obtained; then a new epitaxial deposition of GaN is made.
- the nanowires are "absorbed" by the encapsulation matrix 300 because they consist of the same material;
- (In.Ga) N 37 discs embedded in a GaN 300 matrix for example having a thickness of 3 nm and a diameter of between 5 and 10 nm, thus approaching "perfect” quantum dots: they do not have a damping layer and the Lateral and vertical dimensions are almost identical and give rise to quantum effects of confinement of the charge carriers in the three dimensions of space.
- the invention also makes it possible to manufacture nanostructures of different natures and sizes on the same support.
- nanowires for example GaN
- a first height for example 15 nm
- nanowires are then encapsulated, for example by growing 200 nm of GaN.
- This matrix constitutes the layer to be evaporated 3 in a second application of the process.
- the evaporation is stopped so as to make pyramids having a nanowire at their vertices.
- the result obtained is visible on the MES image of FIG. 7, where one can observe the coexistence of nanowires of small height and pyramids having a longer nanowire located at their vertices.
- the second thermal etching it would also have been possible to complete the second thermal etching to obtain two populations of nanowires of different heights without pyramidal structures. It is also possible to repeat these operations several times.
- the first evaporation operation is optional; we can then deposit a first mask, then a second layer to evaporate, a second mask and proceed to a single evaporation at the end of which we obtain the two populations of nanowires.
- Molecular beam epitaxy can be replaced by other techniques, such as vapor phase epitaxy.
- the mask 4 was made of insulating material. This is not essential, it can be any material compatible with the layer to be evaporated 3 and having a temperature higher evaporation rate. Typically it will be an inorganic material, monocrystalline, polycrystalline or amorphous.
- the mask 4 can be structured by lithography instead of being self-organized; this makes it possible to better control the lateral dimensions and the spatial distribution of the nanostructures, but increases the risk of contamination (the lithography can not, or hardly, be carried out inside an epiiaxie reactor) and reduces the performances in terms of miniaturization.
- the stop layer 2 may be absent, especially if the springboard 1 has a thermal stability (ability to keep its structure intact when its temperature rises, the greater the temperature of evaporation is high) or if the thermal etching is stopped sufficiently early. But in the latter case we will get a less good control of the height h nanostructures.
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