Complex dewetting scenarios of ultrathin silicon films for large-scale nanoarchitectures

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Beitragende

  • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
  • Aix-Marseille Université
  • Université de Toulon

Abstract

Dewetting is a ubiquitous phenomenon in nature; many different thin films of organic and inorganic substances (such as liquids, polymers, metals, and semiconductors) share this shape instability driven by surface tension and mass transport. Via templated solid-state dewetting, we frame complex nanoarchitectures of monocrystalline silicon on insulator with unprecedented precision and reproducibility over large scales. Phase-field simulations reveal the dominant role of surface diffusion as a driving force for dewetting and provide a predictive tool to further engineer this hybrid top-down/bottom-up self-assembly method. Our results demonstrate that patches of thin monocrystalline films of metals and semiconductors share the same dewetting dynamics. We also prove the potential of our method by fabricating nanotransfer molding of metal oxide xerogels on silicon and glass substrates. This method allows the novel possibility of transferring these Si-based patterns on different materials, which do not usually undergo dewetting, offering great potential also for microfluidic or sensing applications.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer1472
Seitenumfang10
FachzeitschriftScience advances
Jahrgang3
Ausgabenummer11
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Nov. 2017
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 85040445116
ORCID /0000-0002-4217-0951/work/142237421

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • PHASE-FIELD MODEL, THIN-FILMS, SEMICONDUCTOR NANOWIRES, CAPILLARY INSTABILITIES, MIE RESONATORS, ORDERED ARRAYS, EVOLUTION, NANOSTRUCTURES, METASURFACES, FABRICATION