Low temperature organometallic deposition of metals
AssigneeThe Regents of the University of California
InventorsRobert F. Hicks, Herbert D. Kaesz, Dagiang Xu
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Abstract
A process for coating metal on a substrate. The process uses organometallic compounds such as (trimethyl)(cyclopentadienyl) platinum in the presence of a reducing fluid such as hydrogen gas to produce high purity films capable of selective deposition on substrates containing, for example, tungsten and silicon. The films are deposited using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) or gas phase laser deposition. The invention also comprises devices made from the process of the invention.
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A process for coating onto a substrate at least one metal that can readily cycle between two oxidation states and is a hydrogenation catalyst capable of hydrogenating hydrocarbon ligands of an organometallic compound comprising the steps of:
- (a) maintaining said substrate through the reaction at a temperature in the range of about room temperature to about 190.degree. C.;
- (b) exposing said substrate to a fluid containing at least one vaporized organometallic compound having the formula L.sub.n MR.sub.m, where L is hydrogen, ethylene, allyl, methylally, butadienyl, pentadienyl, cyclopentadienyl, methylcyclopentadienyl, cyclohexadienyl, hexadienyl, cycloheptatrienyl, or derivative of said compounds having at least one alkyl side chain having less than five carbon atoms, M is a metal that can readily cycle between two oxidation states and can catalyze hydrogenation of hydrocarbon ligands of said organometallic compound, R is methyl, ethyl, propyl, or butyl, n is a number from 0 to the valence of said metal, m is a number from 0 to the valence of the metal, and m plus must equal the valence of the metal, wherein said organometallic compound has been vaporized at a temperature in the range of about room temperature to about 100.degree. C.;
- (c) exposing said substrate to hydrogen gas at a temperature in the range of about room temperature to about 100.degree. C.;
- (d) reacting said organometallic compound with said hydrogen gas for a time sufficient to cause a layer of said metal to form on the surface of said substrate and catalytically hydrogenate said hydrocarbon ligands of said organometallic compound without causing substantial impurities from said hydrocarbon ligands of said organometallic compound to be formed on said surface with said metal layer.
A process for depositing on at least a part of a substrate, at least one metal that can readily cycle between two oxidation states and is a hydrogenation catalyst capable of hydrogenating hydrocarbon ligands of an organometallic compound comprising the steps of:
- (a) maintaining said substrate within a reaction zone at a temperature in the range of about room temperature to about 190.degree. C.;
- (b) exposing said substrate to a gas mixture containing an inert gas admixed with at least one organometallic compound vaporized at a temperature in the range of about room temperature to about 100.degree. C. and having the formula L.sub.n MR.sub.m, where L is hydrogen, ethylene, allyl, methylallyl, butadienyl, pentadienyl, cyclopentadienyl, methylcyclopentadienyl, cyclohexadienyl, hexadienyl, cycloheptatrienyl, or derivatives of said compounds having at least one alkyl side chain having less than five carbon atoms, M is a metal that can readily cycle between two oxidation states and can catalyze hydrogenation of hydrocarbon ligands of said organometallic compound, R is methyl, ethyl, propyl, or butyl, n is a number from 0 to the valence of said metal, m is a number from 0 to the valence of the metal, and m plus n must equal the valence of the metal;
- (c) exposing said substrate to hydrogen gas;
- (d) irradiating said reaction zone with a laser beam at a wavelength and for a time which is sufficient to cause said organometallic compound to react and, said metal film on the surface of said substrate in the presence of hydrogen without causing substantial impurities from the hydrocarbon ligands of said organometallic compound to be formed on said surface.
A process for selectively depositing at least one metal on a substrate which comprises at least two areas of differing chemical composition, wherein said metal can readily cycle between two oxidation states and is a hydrogenation catalyst capable of hydrogenating hydrocarbon ligands of an organometallic compound comprising the steps of:
- (a) exposing said substrate to a gas mixture containing an inert gas and a vaporized organometallic compound having the formula L.sub.n MR.sub.m, where L is hydrogen, ethylene, allyl, methylallyl, butadienyl, pentadienyl, cyclopentadienyl, methylcyclopentadienyl, cyclohexadienyl, hexadienyl, cycloheptatrienyl, or derivatives of said compounds having at least one alkyl side chain having less than five carbon atoms, M is a metal which can readily cycle between two oxidation states and is a hydrogenation catalyst capable of hydrogenating hydrocarbon ligands of an organometallic compound, R is methyl, ethyl, propyl, or butyl, n is a number from 0 to the valence of said metal, m is a number from 0 to the valence of said metal, and m plus n must equal the valence of the metal, which organometallic compound has been vaporized at a temperature within the range of about room temperature to about 100.degree. C.;
- (b) exposing said substrate to hydrogen gas at a temperature in the range of about room temperature to about 100.degree. C.;
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- (c) maintaining said substrate at a temperature in the range of about room temperature to about 190.degree. C. to cause said organometallic compound to react with said hydrogen on said substrate on an area of a first chemical composition by reducing said organometallic compound on said substrate such that said metal is deposited without substantial impurities caused by the organic portion of said organometallic compound, and to avoid depositing said metal on an area of a second chemical composition.
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