RIE by F Chemistry and PECVD of hard C-based films Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology PlasmaPro 80 (RIE-FLUORINE)

Reactive-ion etching (RIE) is an etching technology used in microfabrication. RIE is a type of dry etching which has different characteristics than wet etching. RIE uses chemically reactive plasma to remove material deposited on wafers. The plasma is generated under low pressure (vacuum) by an electromagnetic field. High-energy ions from the plasma attack the wafer surface and react with it.
A typical (parallel plate) RIE system consists of a cylindrical vacuum chamber, with a wafer platter situated in the bottom portion of the chamber. The wafer platter is electrically isolated from the rest of the chamber. Gas enters through small inlets in the top of the chamber and exits to the vacuum pump system through the bottom. The types and amount of gas used vary depending upon the etch process; for instance, sulfur hexafluoride is commonly used for etching silicon. Gas pressure is typically maintained in a range between a few millitorrs and a few hundred millitorrs by adjusting gas flow rates and/or adjusting an exhaust orifice.

Publications:

• Krčma, J., 2024: Controlled Excitation of Magnons through Optically Induced Mie Resonances in Periodic Dielectric Nanostructures. BACHELOR´S THESIS ; FULL TEXT
  (EVAPORATOR, RAITH, RIE-FLUORINE, KAUFMAN, BRILLOUIN, VERIOS)
• Singh, A.; Němec, H.; Kunc, J.; Kužel, P., 2024: Nanoscale terahertz conductivity and ultrafast dynamics of terahertz plasmons in periodic arrays of epitaxial graphene nanoribbons. PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH 6(3), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.033063; FULL TEXT
  (RAITH, RIE-FLUORINE)
• Kunc, J.; Fridrišek, T.; Shestopalov, M.; Jo, J.; Park, K., 2024: Graphene–insulator–metal diodes: Enhanced dielectric strength of the Al2O3 barrier. AIP ADVANCES 14(9), p. 1 - 9, doi: 10.1063/5.0223763; FULL TEXT
  (RAITH, RIE-FLUORINE, ALD, EVAPORATOR, WIRE-BONDER, KRATOS-XPS)
• ŠVARC, V.; BARTOŠÍK, M.; KONEČNÝ, M.; PIASTEK, J.; NEZVAL, D.; MACH, J.; ŠIKOLA, T., 2023: Side charge propagation in simultaneous KPFM and transport measurement of humidity exposed graphene FET sensor. CARBON 215, p. 118471 - 12, doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2023.118471; FULL TEXT
  (RIE-FLUORINE, EVAPORATOR, MIRA-EBL, WIRE-BONDER)
• BRODSKÝ, J.; GABLECH, I.; MIGLIACCIO, L.; HAVLÍČEK, M.; DONAHUE, M.; GLOWACKI, E., 2023: Downsizing the Channel Length of Vertical Organic Electrochemical Transistors. ACS APPL MATER INTER 15(22), p. 27002 - 8, doi: 10.1021/acsami.3c02049; FULL TEXT
  (SUSS-MA8, EVAPORATOR, SCIA, PARYLENE-SCS, RIE-FLUORINE, MIRA-EBL, DEKTAK, ICON-SPM)

• KNAUER, S.; DAVÍDKOVÁ, K.; SCHMOLL, D.; SERHA, R.; VORONOV, A.; WANG, Q.; VERBA, R.; DOBROVOLSKIY, O.; LINDNER, M.; REIMANN, T.; DUBS, C.; URBÁNEK, M.; CHUMAK, A., 2023: Propagating spin-wave spectroscopy in a liquid-phase epitaxial nanometer-thick YIG film at millikelvin temperatures. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 133(14), p. 1 - 8, doi: 10.1063/5.0137437; FULL TEXT
  (RAITH, RIE-FLUORINE, SCIA, BRILLOUIN, EVAPORATOR, VNA-MPI)
• Kunc, J.; Morzhuk, B.; Shestopalov, M.; Fridrišek, T.; Dědič, V., 2023: Spectral current density and responsivity scaling for Fourier transform photocurrent spectroscopy. REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 94(5), doi: 10.1063/5.0139027; FULL TEXT
  (RAITH, MIRA-EBL, EVAPORATOR, RIE-FLUORINE)
• ZANGANA, S.; LEDNICKÝ, T.; BONYÁR, A., 2023: Three Generations of Surface Nanocomposites Based on Hexagonally Ordered Gold Nanoparticle Layers and Their Application for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. CHEMOSENSORS 11(4), p. 1 - 14, doi: 10.3390/chemosensors11040235; FULL TEXT
  (VERIOS, HELIOS, RIE-FLUORINE, DIENER)
• Sharifahmadian, O.; Pakseresht, A.; Mirzaei, S.; Eliáš, M.; Galusek, D., 2023: Mechanically robust hydrophobic fluorine-doped diamond-like carbon film on glass substrate. DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS 138, doi: 10.1016/j.diamond.2023.110252; FULL TEXT
  (KRATOS-XPS, VERIOS, SEE-SYSTEM, NANOINDENTER, RIE-FLUORINE)
• GABLECH, I.; BRODSKÝ, J.; VYROUBAL, P.; PIASTEK, J.; BARTOŠÍK, M.; PEKÁREK, J., 2022: Mechanical strain and electric-field modulation of graphene transistors integrated on MEMS cantilevers. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 57(3), p. 1923 - 13, doi: 10.1007/s10853-021-06846-6; FULL TEXT
  (RIE-FLUORINE, DRIE, EVAPORATOR, WIRE-BONDER, WITEC-RAMAN, MPS150, KEITHLEY-4200, SUSS-MA8, DWL)
• Fridrišek, T., 2022: Optical gating of epitaxial graphene. MASTER´S THESIS
  (MIRA-EBL, RIE-FLUORINE, EVAPORATOR, WIRE-BONDER, LYRA)
• ABUDLLAEVA, O.; SAHALIANOV, I.; EJNEBY, M.; JAKEŠOVÁ, M.; ZOZOULENKO, I.; LIIN, S.; GLOWACKI, E., 2022: Faradaic Pixels for Precise Hydrogen Peroxide Delivery to Control M-Type Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels. ADVANCED SCIENCE , p. 1 - 14, doi: 10.1002/advs.202103132; FULL TEXT
  (DIENER, EVAPORATOR, SUSS-MA8, PARYLENE-SCS, RIE-FLUORINE)
• Midlik, Š.; Sadílek, J.; Xie, Z.; Huang, Y.; Schmoranzer, D., 2022: Silicon Vibrating Micro-Wire Resonators for Study of Quantum Turbulence in Superfluid He-4. JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS , doi: 10.1007/s10909-022-02675-2; FULL TEXT
  (PECVD, RIE-FLUORINE, SUSS-MA8, SUSS-RCD8, EVAPORATOR, DWL, LYRA)
• SEPÚLVEDA SEPÚLVEDA, L.; KAMNEV, K.; PYTLÍČEK, Z.; PRÁŠEK, J.; MOZALEV, A., 2021: Superhydrophobic-Oleophobic Visible-Transparent Antireflective Nanostructured Anodic HfO2 Multifunctional Coatings for Potential Solar Panel Applications. ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS 4(2), p. 1754 - 12, doi: 10.1021/acsanm.0c03202; FULL TEXT
  (MAGNETRON, RIE-FLUORINE, VERIOS, JAZ3-CHANNEL)
• Slavík, J., 2021: Patterning of excitable cells on multi-electrode arrays. PH.D. THESIS , p. 1 - 102; FULL TEXT
  (DWL, EVAPORATOR, PARYLENE-SCS, RIE-FLUORINE, MAGNETRON, LEICACOAT-NANO, LYRA, ICON-SPM)
• SLAVÍK, J.; ČMIEL, V.; HUBÁLEK, J.; YANG, Y.; REN, T.-L., 2021: Hippocampal Neurons’ Alignment on Quartz Grooves and Parylene Cues on Quartz Substrate. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 11(1), p. 1 - 12, doi: 10.3390/app11010275; FULL TEXT
  (PARYLENE-SCS, RIE-FLUORINE)
• VAŇATKA, M.; SZULC, K.; WOJEWODA, O.; DUBS, C.; CHUMAK, A.; KRAWCZYK, M.; DOBROVOLSKIY, O.; KLOS, J.; URBÁNEK, M., 2021: Spin-Wave Dispersion Measurement by Variable-Gap Propagating Spin-Wave Spectroscopy. PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED 16(5), p. 054033-1 - 10, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.16.054033; FULL TEXT
  (VNA-MPI, BRILLOUIN, RAITH, EVAPORATOR, MAGNETRON, DIENER, VERIOS, RIE-FLUORINE)
• GHAHFAROKHI, M.; ARREGI URIBEETXEBARRIA, J.; CASOLI, F.; HORKÝ, M.; CABASSI, R.; UHLÍŘ, V.; ALBERTINI, F., 2021: Microfabricated ferromagnetic-shape-memory Heuslers: The geometry and size effects. APPLIED MATERIALS TODAY 23, p. 101058-1 - 11, doi: 10.1016/j.apmt.2021.101058; FULL TEXT
  (VERSALAB, RIGAKU9, KERR-MICROSCOPE, SUSS-MA8, RIE-FLUORINE, EVAPORATOR, WIRE-BONDER, VERIOS)
• Brodský J., 2021: Gas sensors based on 1D and 2D materials. MASTER´S THESIS , p. 1 - 84; FULL TEXT
  (DWL, DIENER, SUSS-RCD8, SUSS-MA8, EVAPORATOR, MPS150, WITEC-RAMAN, RIE-FLUORINE, DRIE, LYRA, ICON-SPM)
• Zadorozhnii, O., 2021: Exchange bias in metamagnetic heterostructures. MASTER´S THESIS , p. 1 - 81; FULL TEXT
  (MAGNETRON, VERSALAB, KERR-MICROSCOPE, RAITH, RIE-FLUORINE, UHV-DEPOSITION, UHV-PREPARATION, UHV-XPS, LYRA)
• LEDNICKÝ, T.; BONYÁR, A., 2020: Large Scale Fabrication of Ordered Gold Nanoparticle-Epoxy Surface Nanocomposites and Their Application as Label-Free Plasmonic DNA Biosensors. ACS APPL MATER INTER 12(4), p. 4804 - 11, doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b20907; FULL TEXT
  (MAGNETRON, RIE-FLUORINE, VERIOS, HELIOS, KRATOS-XPS, LYRA)
• LIŠKA, J.; LIGMAJER, F.; PINHO NASCIMENTO, P.; KEJÍK, L.; KVAPIL, M.; DVOŘÁK, P.; HORKÝ, M.; LEITNER, N.; REIMHULT, E.; ŠIKOLA, T., 2020: Effect of deposition angle on fabrication of plasmonic gold nanocones and nanodiscs. MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 228, p. 1 - 6, doi: 10.1016/j.mee.2020.111326; FULL TEXT
  (EVAPORATOR, RIE-FLUORINE, MIRA-EBL, LYRA, ICON-SPM)
• Rovenská, K., 2020: Dielectric metasurfaces as modern optical components. MASTER´S THESIS , p. 1 - 57
  (MAGNETRON, DEKTAK, KRATOS-XPS, MIRA-EBL, EVAPORATOR, VERIOS, RIE-FLUORINE, ALD)
• LIU, X.; FECKO, P.; FOHLEROVÁ, Z.; PEKÁREK, J.; KARÁSEK, T.; NEUŽIL, P., 2020: Parylene Micropillars Coated with Thermally Grown SiO2. JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B 38(6), p. 38 - 6, doi: 10.1116/6.0000558; FULL TEXT
  (SUSS-MA8, SUSS-RCD8, DWL, DRIE, RIE-FLUORINE, PARYLENE-SCS, XEF2, APCVD, LYRA)
• Chmela, O., 2020: Progress toward the development of single nanowire-based arrays for gas sensing applications. PH.D THESIS , p. 1 - 199
  (ALD, DWL, KAUFMAN, DIENER, SUSS-MA8, SUSS-RCD8, RAITH, MAGNETRON, EVAPORATOR, RIE-FLUORINE, SCIA, DEKTAK, NANOCALC, MPS150, WIRE-BONDER, ICON-SPM)
• Hache, T.; Vanatka, M.; Flajsman, L.; Weinhold, T.; Hula, T.; Ciubotariu, O.; Albrecht, M.; Arkook, B.; Barsukov, I.; Fallarino, L.; Hellwig, O.; Fassbender, J.; Urbanek, M.; Schultheiss, H., 2020: Freestanding Positionable Microwave-Antenna Device for Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy Experiments. PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED 13(5), p. 054009-1 - 10, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.054009; FULL TEXT
  (RAITH, RIE-FLUORINE, EVAPORATOR, WIRE-BONDER, BRILLOUIN)
• Brodský, J., 2019: Characterization of graphene elecrical properties on MEMS structures. BACHELOR´S THESIS , p. 1 - 50
  (MPS150, WITEC-RAMAN, EVAPORATOR, DRIE, PECVD, DWL, SUSS-MA8, RIE-FLUORINE, RIE-CHLORINE, DIENER, SCIA)
• Fecko, P., 2019: Gecko mimicking surfaces. MASTER´S THESIS , p. 1 - 52
  (SUSS-RCD8, SUSS-MA8, DWL, DRIE, ALD, RIE-FLUORINE, PARYLENE-SCS, XEF2, LYRA, ICON-SPM)
• Hajduček, J., 2019: Substrate-controlled nucleation of the magnetic phase transtition in nanostructures. BACHELOR´S THESIS , p. 1 - 46
  (MAGNETRON, CRYOGENIC, MIRA-EBL, RIE-FLUORINE, EVAPORATOR, VERSALAB, ICON-SPM)
• Hegrová, V., 2019: Application of correlative AFM/SEM microscopy. MASTER´S THESIS , p. 1 - 64
  (LITESCOPE-LYRA, MIRA-EBL, RIE-FLUORINE, EVAPORATOR, WIRE-BONDER, LYRA)
• CHMELA, O.; SADÍLEK, J.; SAMA, DOMENECH-GIL, G.; J.; SOMER, J.; MOHAN, R.; ROMANO-RODRIGUEZ, A.; HUBÁLEK, J.; VALLEJOS VARGAS, S., 2018: Selectively arranged single-wire based nanosensor array systems for gas monitoring. NANOSCALE 10(19), p. 9087 - 10, doi: 10.1039/c8nr01588k; FULL TEXT
  (RAITH, DWL, KAUFMAN, MAGNETRON, SCIA, RIE-FLUORINE, WIRE-BONDER, RIGAKU3)
• Vančík, S., 2018: MEMS microhotplate platform for chemical sensors. MASTER´S THESIS , p. 1 - 68
  (DWL, ALD, MAGNETRON, EVAPORATOR, RIE-FLUORINE, SUSS-MA8, DEKTAK, MPS150, RIE-CHLORINE)
• Pekárek, J.; Prokop, R.; Svatoš, V.; Gablech, I.; Hubálek, J.; Neužil, P., 2017: Self-compensating method for bolometer–based IR focal plane arrays. SENSORS AND ACTUATORS, A: PHYSICAL 265, p. 40 - 46, doi: 10.1016/j.sna.2017.08.025
  (SUSS-MA8, EVAPORATOR, RIE-FLUORINE, SUMMIT, SCIA)
• Chmela, O; Sadilek, J; Sama, J; Romano-Rodriguez, A; Hubalek, J; Vallejos, S, 2017: Nanosensor array systems based on single functional wires selectively integrated and their sensing properties to C2H6O and NO2. NANOTECHNOLOGY VIII 10248, doi: 10.1117/12.2265000
  (RAITH, DWL, KAUFMAN, SCIA, RIE-FLUORINE, MAGNETRON, RIGAKU3)
• Fabianová, K., 2016: Fabrication of well defined nanoporous structures with application in membrane sensing. BACHELOR’S THESIS , p. 1 - 54
  (PECVD, MIRA-EBL, RIE-FLUORINE, NANOCALC, MAGNETRON, EVAPORATOR, LYRA)