Jan Schäfer, Jaroslav Hnilica, Jiří Šperka, A. Quade, Vít Kudrle, R. Foest, Jiří Vodák, Lenka Zajíčková
Tetrakis(trimethylsilyloxy)silane for nanostructured SiO2-like films deposited by PECVD at atmospheric pressure
Surface and Coatings Technology 295 (2016) 112-118
Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) from tetrakis(trimethylsilyloxy)silane (TTMS) has been studied at atmospheric pressure. TTMS has been chosen because of its unique 3D structure with potential to form nano-structured organosilicon polymers. Despite the widespread surveying of various silicon-organic molecules for PECVD, the use of TTMS in AP-PECVD has not been investigated deeper yet. PECVDs have been performed with two different plasma jets. While they are alike regarding the geometry and injection of TTMS, they differ in input power and excitation frequency. The radiofrequency plasma jet operates at lower power densities as compared to themicrowave plasma jet. Despite this all the deposited films exhibit similar chemical properties resembling that of silicon dioxide (Si:O = 1:2) with carbon content below 5%. The films demonstrate a broad variety ofmorphologies fromcompact smooth films to nano-dendritic 3Dstructures depending on the particular process.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2015.09.047
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