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Structural and electronic properties of metal-silicide/silicon interfaces: A first-principles study

  • Byung Deok Yu
  • , Yoshiyuki Miyamoto
  • , Osamu Sugino
  • , A. Sakai
  • , T. Sasaki
  • , T. Ohno
  • NEC Corporation
  • Nagoya University
  • National Institute for Materials Science Tsukuba

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Abstract

As a complementary way to investigate the atomic structure of interfaces buried between two crystals, density-functional theory (DFT) calculations were used. DFT was applied to the atomic structure of MSi2/Si(001) (where M=Ni,Co) interfaces that are very important in an understanding of the Schottky barrier formation at metal/semiconductor (MS) interfaces. By performing first-principles total-energy calculations, a new structural model for the MSi2/Si(001) interface was found. The new model was found to be more stable than previously proposed interface models.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1180-1185
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Vacuum Science and Technology B: Microelectronics and Nanometer Structures
Volume19
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2001
Event19th North American Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy (NAMBE-19) - Tempe, AZ, United States
Duration: 15 Oct 200018 Oct 2000

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