TY - JOUR
T1 - Fabrication of ordered arrays of silicon nanopillars in silicon-on-insulator wafers
AU - Wellner, Anja
AU - Preece, Paul
AU - Fowler, JC
AU - Palmer, Richard
PY - 2001/1/1
Y1 - 2001/1/1
N2 - Hexagonal arrays of silicon nanopillars have been fabricated in a silicon-on-insulator wafer using a patterned metal layer as a mask for reactive ion etching. The metal mask is created by deposition through a self-assembled monolayer of polymer particles. In the case of a silver mask, we find that the quality of the pillars depends on the wetting of the exposed silicon regions in the interstitial sites between the polymer balls, which in turn depends on the deposition parameters, such as pressure and deposition rate. Gold is found to wet the silicon, producing smooth masks which lead to pyramidal silicon structures after etching.
AB - Hexagonal arrays of silicon nanopillars have been fabricated in a silicon-on-insulator wafer using a patterned metal layer as a mask for reactive ion etching. The metal mask is created by deposition through a self-assembled monolayer of polymer particles. In the case of a silver mask, we find that the quality of the pillars depends on the wetting of the exposed silicon regions in the interstitial sites between the polymer balls, which in turn depends on the deposition parameters, such as pressure and deposition rate. Gold is found to wet the silicon, producing smooth masks which lead to pyramidal silicon structures after etching.
U2 - 10.1016/S0167-9317(01)00457-9
DO - 10.1016/S0167-9317(01)00457-9
M3 - Article
SN - 0167-9317
VL - 57-58
SP - 919
EP - 924
JO - Microelectronic Engineering
JF - Microelectronic Engineering
ER -