Issue |
Eur. Phys. J. Appl. Phys.
Volume 44, Number 1, October 2008
10th Meeting of the French Microscopy Society (SFMU)
|
|
---|---|---|
Page(s) | 11 - 19 | |
Section | Imaging, Microscopy and Spectroscopy | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2008063 | |
Published online | 30 April 2008 |
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjap:2008063
A combined FEG-SEM and TEM study of silicon nanodot assembly
1
SIMAP, INPGrenoble-CNRS-UJF, BP 75, 38402 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
2
CMTC, INPGrenoble, Domaine Universitaire, BP 75, 38402 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
3
LGC/ENSIACET/INPT, 5 rue Paulin Talabot, BP 1301, 31106 Toulouse Cedex, France
4
CEA LETI -MINATEC, 17 avenue des Martyrs, 38054 Grenoble Cedex 09, France
5
LAAS, avenue du Colonel Roche, 31077 Toulouse Cedex, France
Corresponding author: patricia.donnadieu@simap.grenoble-inp.fr
Received:
9
July
2007
Accepted:
22
February
2008
Published online:
30
April
2008
Nanodots forming dense assembly on a substrate are difficult to characterize in terms of size, density, morphology and cristallinity. The present study shows how valuable information can be obtained by a combination of electron microscopy techniques. A silicon nanodots deposit has been studied by Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) to estimate essentially the dot size and density, quantities emphasized because of their high interest for application. High resolution SEM indicates a density of 1.6 × 1012 dots/cm2 for a 5 nm to 10 nm dot size. TEM imaging using a phase retrieval treatment of a focus series gives a higher dot density (2 × 1012 dots/cm2) for a 5 nm dot size. High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM) indicates that the dots are crystalline which is confirmed by electron diffraction. According to HRTEM and electron diffraction, the dot size is about 3 nm which is significantly smaller than the SEM and TEM results. These differences are not contradictory but attributed to the fact that each technique is probing a different phenomenon. A core-shell structure for the dot is proposed which reconcile all the results. All along the study, Fourier transforms have been widely used under many aspects.
PACS: 68.65.Hb – Quantum dots / 68.37.Hk – Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) / 68.37.Lp – Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
© EDP Sciences, 2008
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.