Conduction and electric field effect in ultra-thin TiN films

B. Van Hao; Alexeij Y. Kovalgin; Jurriaan Schmitz; Robertus A.M. Wolters

doi:10.1063/1.4817007

Conduction and electric field effect in ultra-thin TiN films

B. Van Hao, Alexeij Y. Kovalgin, Jurriaan Schmitz, Robertus A.M. Wolters

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Abstract

Using low pressure atomic layer deposition, ultra-thin continuous TiN films were prepared. The temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR), resistivity and field effect properties of these films were investigated. With decreasing film thickness, a positive-to-negative transition of TCR and a steep increase of resistivity were observed. This is attributed to the metal-semimetal transition of the TiN films. We demonstrate appreciable field-induced current modulation up to 11% in a 0.65 nm TiN film. The field effect is remarkably independent of temperature. A polarity asymmetry of the current-voltage characteristics is found, attributed to the interplay between different types of the carriers.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	051904
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied physics letters
Volume	103
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4817007
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2013

Keywords

EWI-23557
atomic layer depositionelectrical resistivitymetal-insulator transitionthin filmstitanium compounds
Electrical resistivity
Thin Films
METIS-297761
metal-insulator transition
IR-86965
Atomic Layer Deposition
titanium compounds

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