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Silicon carbonitride films of different compositions have been synthesized by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition with the use of trimethyl(diethylamino)silane as the initial compound. The conditions used for the deposition of the films have been chosen from the thermodynamic modeling. The properties of the films prepared have been investigated using ellipsometry, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, IR spectroscopy, and synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction. It has been established that the synthesis temperature substantially affects the kinetics of growth and physicochemical properties of silicon carbonitride layers in the range of synthesis conditions under investigation. The films prepared consist of nanoparticles whose size increases with increasing synthesis temperature. The refractive index of the films increases from 1.6 to 2.8 with an increase in the temperature.
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Original Russian Text © M.L. Kosinova, Yu.M. Rumyantsev, L.I. Chernyavskii, L.D. Nikulina, V.G. Kesler, E.A. Maximovskii, N.I. Fainer, V.I. Rakhlin, M.G. Voronkov, F.A. Kuznetsov, 2010, published in Fizika i Khimiya Stekla.
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Kosinova, M.L., Rumyantsev, Y.M., Chernyavskii, L.I. et al. Plasma-chemical synthesis of silicon carbonitride films from trimethyl(diethylamino)silane. Glass Phys Chem 36, 497–505 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1087659610040152
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