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Atomic layer etching of silicon dioxide using alternating C4F8 and energetic Ar+ plasma beams

Kaler et al., 2017

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18143035635689324243
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Kaler S
Lou Q
Donnelly V
Economou D
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Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

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Atomic layer etching (ALE) of SiO2 was studied by alternating exposure of a 5 nm-thick SiO2 film on Si substrate to (1) a plasma beam emanating from a c-C4F8 inductively coupled plasma (ICP), to grow a fluorocarbon (FC) film composed mainly of CF2, and (2) an …
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