Surface and coordination chemistry related to GaAs

[摘要] The vapor phase structures of Al(tBU)3 and Ga(tBU)3 have been investigated by gas phase electron diffraction and consist of planar three-coordinate monomers. Salient structural parameters (ra) include: Al-C = 2.005(3) A, Ga-C = 2.034(2) A. The geometries are controlled by inter-ligand interactions. The electron diffraction structures are compared to those determined byab initio calculations for M(tBU)3 (M = Al, Ga, In). To understand the most suitable linkages for the surface of GaAs, model compounds were synthesized by reacting Ga(tBU)3and [tBu2Ga(mu-Cl]2 with one molar equivalent of varying ligands. The synthesized compounds include chlorides, benzenethiolate, dithiocarbamates, carboxylates, amides, benzohydroxamate, and phenylphosphonate. The Ga&cdots; Ga and Ga-ligand interatomic distances for these compounds, as well as Group 15 and 16 donor bridging ligands, are compared to the values for the surface of GaAs and cubic-GaS in order to determine their suitability as linkage groups for self-assembled monolayers. The most suitable linkages were determined to be benzenethiol and phenylphophonic acid, and these were used to grow self-assembled monolayers on {100} GaAs. Carboxylic acid was also used, to determine the success of the organometallic model compounds in predicting the suitability of ligands for surface reaction. Self-assembled monolayers were also grown on Al2O3, using carboxylic acids and phenylphosphonic acids as the surface linkages. Metallo-organic chemical vapor deposition was performed using single-source precursors ( tBU)2Ga(S2CNR2). The tert -butyl gallium bis-dialkyl-dithiocarbamate compounds, (tBu)Ga(S2CNR2)2, are formed as minor products via ligand disproportionation reactions. Gallium sulfide (GaS) thin films have been grown at 375--425°C by atmospheric pressure metal-organic chemical vapor deposition using compounds (tBu) 2Ga(S2CNMe2) and (tBu)2Ga(S 2CNEt2) as single source precursors. Polycrystalline samples of the chalcogenides InSe, In2Se3 and GaInSe2 were prepared from stoichiometric mixtures of the pure elements using microwave irradiation. The metallic mixtures were sealed in quartz tubes and reacted in minutes, producing solid solutions of the desired product.

[发布机构] Rice University

[效力级别] chemistry