Selective formation of tungsten nanowires |
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Authors: | Bien Daniel Cs Saman Rahimah Mohd Badaruddin Siti Aishah Mohamad Lee Hing Wah |
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Affiliation: | Nanoelectronics Cluster, MIMOS Berhad, Technology Park Malaysia, 57000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. daniel.bien@mimos.my. |
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Abstract: | We report on a process for fabricating self-aligned tungsten (W) nanowires with polycrystalline silicon core. Tungsten nanowires as thin as 10 nm were formed by utilizing polysilicon sidewall transfer technology followed by selective deposition of tungsten by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) using WF6 as the precursor. With selective CVD, the process is self-limiting whereby the tungsten formation is confined to the polysilicon regions; hence, the nanowires are formed without the need for lithography or for additional processing. The fabricated tungsten nanowires were observed to be perfectly aligned, showing 100% selectivity to polysilicon and can be made to be electrically isolated from one another. The electrical conductivity of the nanowires was characterized to determine the effect of its physical dimensions. The conductivity for the tungsten nanowires were found to be 40% higher when compared to doped polysilicon nanowires of similar dimensions. |
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Keywords: | tungsten nanowires nanostructures self-aligned chemical vapor deposition selective deposition |
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