Pattern-dependent charging in plasmas

Gyeong S. Hwang, Konstantinos P. Giapis

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Abstract

When patterned surfaces are exposed to plasmas, the directionality difference between ions and electrons causes differential charging of the pattern. Potential contour maps, generated by Monte Carlo simulations of charging in mixed conductor-insulator structures, illustrate where charging occurs and how it becomes more aggravated as the number of features in the pattern increases (a feature multiplicity effect).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)102-103
Number of pages2
JournalIEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

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Funding Information:
Manuscript received June 19, 1998; revised November 12, 1998. This work was supported in part by NSF (ECS-9 729 968). The work of G. S. Hwang was supported by an Applied Materials Scholarship. The work of K. P. Giapis was supported by a Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award.

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