Precise ion energy control with tailored waveform biasing for atomic scale processing

T Faraz, YGP Verstappen, MA Verheijen… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Anisotropic plasma-enhanced atomic layer etching (ALE) requires directional ions with a
well-defined ion energy to remove materials in a highly selective and self-limiting fashion. In …

Influence of porosity and pore size on sputtering of nanoporous structures by low-energy Ar ions: Molecular dynamics study

AA Sycheva, EN Voronina, TV Rakhimova… - Applied Surface …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper we have carried out molecular dynamics simulation of the low-energy Ar ion
irradiation of nanoporous homogeneous material with different porosity and pore sizes. Our …

Non‐self‐sustained electron beam RF‐generated plasma in application for functional surface pretreatment

AP Palov, OV Proshina, TV Rakhimova… - Plasma Processes …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Simulation of non‐self‐sustained plasma generated by a 2‐keV electron beam in Ar with
radiofrequency (RF) biasing is carried out using a one‐dimensional particle‐in‐cell Monte …

ICP argon discharge simulation: The role of ion inertia and additional RF bias

AN Kropotkin, DG Voloshin - Physics of Plasmas, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Inductively coupled plasma (ICP) argon discharge with additional RF bias on the electrode
is studied numerically and compared with experimental data. The role of ion inertia is shown …

Simulation of an inductive discharge in argon with the gas flow and inhomogeneous gas temperature

AN Kropotkin, DG Voloshin - Plasma Physics Reports, 2019 - Springer
With the purpose to create new methods for monitoring the parameters of low-temperature
nonequilibrium plasma, a numerical drift-diffusion model of an inductive RF discharge in …

Argon clustering in silicon under low-energy irradiation: Molecular dynamics simulation with different Ar–Si potentials

AA Sycheva, EN Voronina, TV Rakhimova… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
In this paper, the authors carried out a molecular dynamics simulation of crystal and
amorphous silicon sputtering by low-energy (200 eV) Ar ions at normal incidence. The …

Pore sealing mechanism in OSG low‐k films under ion bombardment

EN Voronina, AA Sycheva, DV Lopaev… - Plasma Processes …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Organosilicate glass (OSG) nanoporous films with a low dielectric constant (low‐k) are used
as interlayer‐dielectric insulators for advanced interconnects of ultra‐large‐scale integration …

Ion-plasma sputtering of Co and Mo nanometer thin films near the sputtering threshold

II Amirov, MO Izyumov, VV Naumov… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, we present results of a study of low-energy (Е i< 200 eV) sputtering of Co and
Mo nanometer thin films in high-density argon plasma of a low-pressure radio-frequency …

Modification of the surface properties of glass-ceramic materials at low-pressure RF plasma stream

A Tovstopyat, I Gafarov, V Galeev, V Azarova… - Physics of …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
The surface roughness has a huge effect on the mechanical, optical, and electronic
properties of materials. In modern optical systems, the specifications for the surface accuracy …

Irradiation of nanoporous structures with light and heavy low-energy ions: Sputtering enhancement and pore sealing

AA Sycheva, EN Voronina, TV Rakhimova… - Journal of Vacuum …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
This paper deals with different mechanisms of the interaction of light and heavy low-energy
ions with nanoporous structures and main structural changes that occur in these structures …