The Proceedings of the Materials and Mechanics Conference
Online ISSN : 2424-2845
2017
Session ID : OS1506
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Effect of hydrogen on mechanical properties of reactive ion etched single crystal silicon surface
Masaru NAKAMURAHayato IZUMIShoji KAMIYA
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This paper presents plastic deformation behavior on silicon surface of both defect and hydrogen. Two groups of silicon sample with/without surface damage introduced by reactive ion etching (RIE) and exposure to hydrogen plasma to introduce hydrogen into crystal, thus four types of samples were prepared. Depth profile and trapping state of hydrogen atoms diffused into each samples were measured by TDS and TOF-SIMS. Nanoindentation curve of each samples were compared under deep and shallow indentation depth. As a results, there found on change in indentation depth under same load level between two case with/without exposure to hydrogen plasma. In contrast to this, surface damage and hydrogen had significantly deeper indents than the other cases. These results suggested that plastic deformation of silicon is enhanced due to synergy effect of both defect and hydrogen even at room temperature.

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