Computer modeling of surface interactions and contamin
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Dynamics of contaminant removal from the surface of micro/nanotrench is simulated.
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The trench is rectangular and made of one or two different materials.
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Various diffusivities and surface characteristics are considered in the model.
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In multimaterial trench, cleaning dynamics strongly depends on stacking order.
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Dynamics has two regimes when desorption coefficient in top material is smaller.
Rinsing microstructures on a patterned semiconductor wafer is modeled. The simulation results are presented for two cases when the surfaces of a trench as the microstructure are made of a single material, or two different materials. The dynamics of contaminant removal from the microstructure surfaces and its dependence on the geometrical structure, physical characteristics of the surfaces, and contaminant diffusivity are presented. The results show that in the case of a trench with two different materials, the cleaning dynamics of the trench bed strongly depends on the stacking order of the materials. When the upper material has a smaller desorption rate coefficient, the dynamics of contaminant transport develops a smaller rate at some point in time that depends on the thickness of the layers.
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