Abstract
Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) have been a great candidate to be used in development of electronic devices because it is easy to prepare in small dimension with high surface to volume ratio and its sensitivity of the carrier mobility to the variation in the electric field at their surface. Silicon nanowires (SiNWs) can be prepared using both “bottom-up” and “top-down” approached. AFM lithography is one of top-down approach used to fabricate the silicon nanowires by using the local anodic oxidation (LAO) process. The local anodic oxidation process involves the application of a positive voltage between the AFM tip and the surface of the silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafer in the atmosphere with high relative humidity. The humidity in the ambient will generates a meniscus of water between the AFM tips and SOI wafer. The applied voltage on the tips will ionizes the water molecules and producing OH- ions, which will react with silicon on SOI wafer and form silicon oxide patterned on SOI wafer. Several AFM lithography important parameters in the patterning of the oxide mask, such as substrate surface roughness, applied voltage, writing speed and relative humidity were discussed. After the oxide pattern growth, the SOI wafers were undergo for chemical etching to remove silicon and SiNWs were formed.
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Authors would like to thank A.P Dr Sabar D. Hutagalung for his assistance in experimental work under support grant from MOSTI (2008). Author also would like to thank Dr Khatijah Aisha Yaacob for her support under Research university grant (RUI) Universiti Sains Malaysia under project number RU-8014205 in conference expenses and UniKL MIMET management for study sponsorship.
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Abdullah, A.M., Yaacob, K.A., Lockman, Z., Hutagalung, S.D. (2020). Important Parameter Related to AFM Lithography for Fabrication of Silicon Nanowires. In: Saw, C., Woo, T., a/l Karam Singh, S., Asmara Bin Salim, D. (eds) Advancement in Emerging Technologies and Engineering Applications. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0002-2_25
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