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Direct bonding of ALD Al2O3 to silicon nitride thin films

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Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark1

Molecular Windows, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark2

Technical University of Denmark3

Optofluidics, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark4

Surface Physics and Catalysis, Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark5

Silicon Microtechnology, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, Technical University of Denmark6

Direct bonding is an advanced joining technique for bonding of silicon based surfaces at low temperature without any specific surface pretreatment. The main purpose of this work is to develop new techniques to enhance the fabrication process for nanofluidic systems for in situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) by improving low temperature annealing bonding strength when using atomic layer deposition of aluminum oxide.

We have investigated and characterized bonding of Al2O3-SixNy (low stress silicon rich nitride) and Al2O3-Si3N4 (stoichiometric nitride) thin films annealed from room temperature up to 600 degrees C without pretreatment prior to the pre bonding. We find that bonding of Al2O3-SixNy and Al2O3-Si3N4 is favorable in a temperature range from room temperature to 600 °C.

We report bonding strength of 1300±150 mJ/m2 comparable to and in some case even higher than that of other materials Al2O3 can be bonded to. Preliminary tests demonstrating a well-defined nanochannel system with-100 nm high channels successfully bonded and tests against leaks using optical fluorescence technique and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) characterization of liquid samples are also reported.

Moreover, the current bonding method can be also used for further MEMS applications. 

Language: English
Year: 2017
Pages: 71-74
ISSN: 18735568 and 01679317
Types: Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2017.01.038
ORCIDs: 0000-0002-1660-4496 , Marie, Rodolphe , Hansen, Ole and Mølhave, Kristian
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