title: Self-assembled titanium calcium oxide nanopatterns as versatile reactive nanomasks for dry etching lithographic transfer with high selectivity.
abstract: We report the simple preparation of ultra-thin self-assembled nanoperforated titanium calcium oxide films and their use as reactive nanomasks for selective dry etching of silicon. This novel reactive nanomask is composed of TiO(2) in which up to 50% of Ti was replaced by Ca (Ca(x)Ti(1-x)O(2-x)). The system was prepared by evaporation induced self-assembly of dip-coated solution of CaCl(2), TiCl(4) and poly(butadiene-block-ethylene oxide) followed by 5 min of thermal treatment at 500 °C in air. The mask exhibits enhanced selectivity by forming a CaF(2) protective layer in the presence of a chemically reactive fluorinated plasma. In particular it is demonstrated that ordered nano-arrays of dense Si pillars, or deep cylindrical wells, with high aspect ratio i.e. lateral dimensions as small as 20 nm and height up to 200 nm, can be formed. Both wells and pillars were formed by tuning the morphology and the homogeneity of the deposited mask. The mask preparation is extremely fast and simple, low-cost and easily scalable. Its combination with reactive ion etching constitutes one of the first examples of what can be achieved when sol-gel chemistry is coupled with top-down technologies. The resulting Si nanopatterns and nanostructures are of high interest for applications in many fields of nanotechnology including electronics and optics. This work extends and diversifies the toolbox of nanofabrication methods.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire Chimie de la Matière Condensée, UMR UPMC-Collège de France-CNRS 7574, Collège de France, 11 place Marcelin Berthelot, 75231 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Faustini
authors.forename: Glenna L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Drisko
authors.forename: Alban A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Letailleur
authors.forename: Rafael Salas
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Montiel
authors.forename: Cédric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boissière
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cattoni
authors.forename: Anne Marie
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Haghiri-Gosnet
authors.forename: Gilles
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lerondel
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Grosso
mesh_terms: D017610:Calcium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D008422:Materials Testing; D054802:Molecular Imprinting / Q000379:methods*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D017610:Calcium Compounds; D010087:Oxides; C016538:lime; D014025:Titanium; D012825:Silicon