The Penn State Research Foundation

Xiaoxing Xi

Zi-Kui Liu

Darrell G Schlom

Joan M Redwing

Zhi-Jie Liu

Alexej Pogrebnyakov

Xianghui Zeng

Boride thin films of conducting and superconducting materials are formed on silicon by a process which combines physical vapor deposition with chemical vapor deposition. Embodiments include forming boride films, such as magnesium diboride, on silicon substrates by physically generating magnesium vapor in a deposition chamber and introducing a boron containing precursor into the chamber which combines with the magnesium vapor to form a thin boride film on the silicon substrates.

Boride thin films on silicon

Thin films of conducting and superconducting materials are formed by a process which combines physical vapor deposition with chemical vapor deposition. Embodiments include forming boride films, such as magnesium diboride, in high purity with superconducting properties on substrates typically used in the semiconductor industry by physically generating magnesium vapor in a deposition chamber and introducing a boron containing precursor into the chamber which combines with the magnesium vapor to form a thin boride film on the substrate.

Method for producing boride thin films

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