SrTiO3/LaFeO3/LaCuOx interfaces

SrTiO3/LaFeO3/LaCuOx interfaces
Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan, Inc. Sample courtesy of by Dr. P. Rice and Dr. T. Topuria at IBM (Almaden), San Jose CA Microscope courtesy of Dr. P. Rice and Dr. T. Topuria at IBM (Almaden), San Jose CA Acknowledgements to Dr. P. Rice and Dr. T. Topuria at IBM (Almaden), San Jose, CA for helping set up microscope for experiment.

Methods

probe-corrected Jeol ARM 200 TEM/STEM microscope
C-FEG emission gun
GIF Quantum® ER system
Sr L at 1940 eV (red); Ti L at 456 eV (green); Fe L at 708 eV (amber); La M at 832 eV (blue); Cu L at 931 eV (purple)
​voltage: 200 kV
data taken in STEM mode
EELS core-loss spectrum (300 – 2300 eV): 5 ms
EDS spectrum (0 – 20 keV): 5 ms

Ultrafast giant atomic EELS color map across the SrTiO3/LaMnO4 interfaces

Ultrafast giant atomic EELS color map across the SrTiO3/LaMnO4 interfaces
Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan, Inc. Sample courtesy of Dr. P. Rice and Dr. T. Topuria at IBM (Almaden), San Jose, CA Microscope courtesy of Dr. P. Rice and Dr. T. Topuria at IBM (Almaden), San Jose, CA Acknowledgement to Dr. P. Rice and Dr. T. Topuria at IBM (Almaden) for helping set up microscope for experiment.

Legend

Green: Ti L at 456 eV; red: Sr L at 1940 eV; purple: La M at 832 eV; blue: Mn L at 640 eV

Methods

Probe-corrected Jeol ARM 200 TEM/STEM microscope; C-FEG emission gun; GIF Quantum® ER system; voltage: 200 kV; data taken in STEM mode; EELS core-loss spectrum (30 – 2300 eV): 1.5 ms; beam current: 200 pA; dataset size: 1050 x 1050 pixels

Fast DualEELS color map across the InP/HfO2 interface

Fast DualEELS color map across the InP/HfO2 interface
Paolo Longo PhD, Gatan, Inc. Sample courtesy of Professor Robert Wallace at UTD, Richardson, TX Microscope courtesy of Professor Ray Carpenter, Arizona State University, Tempe AZ Acknowledgement to Dr. Toshiro Aoki at Jeol USA (now at ASU) for helping set up microscope for experiment.

InP substrate is very beam sensitive; EELS analysis was carried out at high-speed to avoid electron beam-induced damage.

Methods

Probe-corrected Jeol ARM 200 TEM/STEM microscope; S-FEG emission gun; Enfinium™ ER system; voltage: 200 kV; STEM mode

Fast atomic DualEELS color map across the SrTiO3/SrMnO4 interface

Fast atomic DualEELS color map across the SrTiO3/SrMnO4 interface
Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan, Inc. Sample courtesy of Professor David J. Smith at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Microscope courtesy of Professor Ray Carpenter at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Acknowledgement to Dr. Toshiro Aoki at Jeol USA (now at ASU) for helping set up microscope for experiment.

Legend

Red: Ti L at 456 eV; green: Sr L at 1940 eV; yellow: La M at 832 eV; blue: Mn L at 640 eV

Methods

Probe-corrected Jeol ARM 200 TEM/STEM microscope; S-FEG emission gun; Enfinium™ ER system; ​voltage: 200 kV; STEM mode; EELS low core-loss spectrum (280 – 2280 eV): 4 ms

Fast DualEELS color map of a AuGeNi metal alloy ohmic contact for the fabrication of III-V transistor device structures; absolute compositional analysis also carried out

Fast DualEELS color map of a AuGeNi metal alloy ohmic contact for the fabrication of III-V transistor device structures; absolute compositional analysis also carried out
Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan, Inc. Sample courtesy of University of Glasgow Microscope courtesy of Professor Ray Carpente at Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ Acknowledgement to Dr. Toshiro Aoki at Jeol USA (now at ASU) for helping set up microscope for experiment.

AuGeNi ohmic contacts are widely used as they show a low contact resistivity and are typically compatible with the fabrication of III-V MOSFET devices1. However, they have the drawback of poor uniformity due to diffusion of the Au into the III-V substrate. This diffusion is dependent on temperature used during the annealing process after deposition of Au, Ge and Ni. It is clear that the performance of this type of contact will be influenced by both the material present and degree of roughness at the interface with the III-V substrate.

Fast DualEELS color map of a III-V transistor device structure before gate metallization process

Fast DualEELS color map of a III-V transistor device structure before gate metallization process
Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan, Inc. Sample courtesy of University of Glasgow Microscopecourtesy of Professor Gerald Kothleitner, TU-Graz, Austria

Methods

Atomic Resolved EELS color map of GaAs/Ga2O3

Atomic Resolved EELS color map of GaAs/Ga2O3
Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan, Inc. Sample courtesy of University of Glasgow Microscope courtesy of Dr. Yan Xin at Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL Acknowledgement to Dr. Toshiro Aoki at Jeol USA (now at ASU) for helping set up microscope for experiment.

Dumbbell structure of GaAs on left hand side of color map is clearly resolved, and Ga and As atomic columns are visible. Interface region shows presence of Ga2O monolayer responsible for keeping Fermi level unpinned, which allows the electronic device to be turned on or off.

Atomic level EELS color map of a Pt/Ru catalyst nanoparticle

Atomic level EELS color map of a Pt/Ru catalyst nanoparticle
Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan, Inc. Sample courtesy of Professor Gianluigi Botton at CCEM, Hamilton, ON, Canada Microscope courtesy of CCEM, Hamilton ON, Canada Acknowledgement to Dr. Andreas Korinek at CCEM for helping set up microscope for experiment.

Methods

Fast atomic DualEELS analysis at 60 kV of graphene layers after graphitization process of SiC

Fast atomic DualEELS analysis at 60 kV of graphene layers after graphitization process of SiC
Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan, Inc. Sample courtesy of Dr. Giuseppe Nicotra at IMM-CNR, Catania, Italy Microscope courtesy of IMM-CNR, Catania, Italy

Methods

Probe-corrected ARM 200F TEM/STEM microscope; C-FEG emission gun; GIF Quantum® ER system; voltage: 60 kV; STEM mode; EELS low-loss spectrum (0 – 500 eV) exposure time: 0.01 ms; EELS core-loss spectrum (70 – 570 eV) exposure time: 10 ms; total exposure time: <2 min

EELS color map showing the distribution LiFePO4 (red) and FePO4 (green) particles from a battery electrode charged to half cycle

EELS color map showing the distribution LiFePO4 (red) and FePO4 (green) particles from a battery electrode charged to half cycle
Paolo Longo, Ph.D., Gatan Inc. Sample courtesy of Dr. Joshua Sugar at Sandia National Lab, Livermore, CA

Methods

FEI F20 TEM/STEM microscope; S-FEG emission gun; GIF Quantum® ER system; voltage: 200 kV; EFTEM SI mode from 680 – 730 eV; slit width: 2 eV ; step size: 1 eV; total exposure time: <4 min

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