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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Transition Metal Hydroborate Complexes: Structures, Syntheses, and Use as Chemical Vapor Deposition Precursors

Abstract

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Passage of Zr(BH4)4 over heated substrates with a coincident flux of H atoms gives adhesive, mirror-bright films at a growth rate of 60 A/min. These films are smooth on the nanometer scale and possess electrical resistivities as low as 45 muO-cm. The films are free of carbon and have low concentrations of oxygen (∼4 at. %). Deposition at 150°C achieves films of formula ZrB1.8O 0.1. In contrast, films grown under purely thermal conditions or by other plasma-assisted methods have boron-to-metal ratios near 3:1 and oxidize readily in air.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Chemistry
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2015

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Goedde, Dean Matthew
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Girolami, Gregory S.

Subjects

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Rights

Language dc:language
eng

Identifiers

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Identifier
(MiAaPQ)AAI3017083
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/84023

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Goedde, Dean Matthew. Transition Metal Hydroborate Complexes: Structures, Syntheses, and Use as Chemical Vapor Deposition Precursors. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/84023