Document Type
Article
Research Focus Area
Advanced and Nanostructured Materials
Publication Date
11-17-2011
Journal or Book Title
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
Volume
115
Issue
45
First Page
22354
Last Page
22359
DOI
10.1021/jp2054266
Abstract
Metallization layers nanometers to tens of nanometers thick are desirable for semiconductor interconnects, among other technologically relevant nanostructures. Whereas aqueous deposition of such films is economically attractive, fabrication of continuous layers is particularly challenging on oxidized substrates used in many applications. Here it is demonstrated that galvanic displacement can deposit thin adherent copper layers on aluminum foils and thin films from alkaline copper sulfate baths. According to scanning electron microscopy and quartz crystal microbalance measurements, the use of relatively low CuSO4 concentrations produced films composed of copper nanoparticles overlying a uniform continuous copper layer on the order of nanometers in thickness. It seems that there are no precedents for such thin layers formed by aqueous deposition on oxidized metals. The thin copper layers are explained by a mechanism in which copper ions are reduced by surface aluminum hydride on Al during alkaline dissolution.
Copyright Owner
American Chemical Society
Copyright Date
2011
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Ai, Jiahe; Liu, S. P.; Widharta, Newira A.; Adhikari, Saikat; Anderegg, James W.; and Hebert, Kurt R., "Copper Layers Deposited on Aluminum by Galvanic Displacement" (2011). Chemical and Biological Engineering Publications. 72.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/cbe_pubs/72
Comments
Reprinted with permission from Journal of Physical Chemistry C 115 (2011): 22354–22359, doi:10.1021/jp2054266. Copyright 2011 American Chemical Society.