Batch Fabrication of Wear-Resistant and Conductive Probe with PtSi Tip

This paper presents a simple and reliable routine for batch fabrication of wear-resistant and conductive probe with a PtSi tip. The fabrication process is based on inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching, metal evaporation, and annealing. Si tips with curvature radii less than 10 nm were produced w...

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Autores principales: Meijie Liu, Yinfang Zhu, Junyuan Zhao, Lihao Wang, Jinling Yang, Fuhua Yang
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/4cda81b875d74320a25dccf2f5d59eef
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Sumario:This paper presents a simple and reliable routine for batch fabrication of wear-resistant and conductive probe with a PtSi tip. The fabrication process is based on inductively coupled plasma (ICP) etching, metal evaporation, and annealing. Si tips with curvature radii less than 10 nm were produced with good wafer-level uniformity using isotropic etching and thermal oxygen sharpening. The surface roughness of the etched tip post was reduced by optimized isotropic etching. The dependence of the platinum silicide morphology on annealing conditions were also systematically investigated, and conductive and wear-resistant probes with PtSi tips of curvature radii less than 30 nm were batch fabricated and applied for scanning piezoelectric samples.