Synthesis and Dielectric Studies of Monoclinic Nanosized Zirconia

Zirconium dioxide is a prospective high-κ material that can replace silicon dioxide. Zirconium dioxide nanoparticle has been synthesized using sol-gel process at room temperature. The structural and morphological characterization of the nanoscaled zirconium dioxide is done using FTIR, SEM, X-ray dif...

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Main Authors: I. Flavia Princess Nesamani, V. Lakshmi Prabha, Aswathy Paul, D. Nirmal
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2014-01-01
Series:Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/828492
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V. Lakshmi Prabha
Aswathy Paul
D. Nirmal
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description Zirconium dioxide is a prospective high-κ material that can replace silicon dioxide. Zirconium dioxide nanoparticle has been synthesized using sol-gel process at room temperature. The structural and morphological characterization of the nanoscaled zirconium dioxide is done using FTIR, SEM, X-ray diffraction, and TEM. The particle size of the synthesized ZrO2 is observed in the range of 50–80 nm with an average crystallite size of 2–10 nm. The results are compared with commercial coarse zirconia which showed a particle size in the range of 900 nm–2.13 µm and crystallite size of 5.3 nm–20 nm. It is expected that both nanoscaling and the high dielectric constant of ZrO2 would be useful in replacing the low-κ SiO2 dielectric with high-κ ZrO2 for CMOS fabrication technology. The synthesized ZrO2 is subjected to impedance analysis and it exhibited a dielectric constant of 25 to find its application in short channel devices like multiple gate FinFETS and as a suitable alternative for the conventional gate oxide dielectric SiO2 with dielectric value of 3.9, which cannot survive the challenge of an end of oxide thickness ≤ 1 nm.
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spelling doaj-art-990c329d9ce94516a2f3ffdcf4e165672025-02-03T07:25:32ZengWileyAdvances in Condensed Matter Physics1687-81081687-81242014-01-01201410.1155/2014/828492828492Synthesis and Dielectric Studies of Monoclinic Nanosized ZirconiaI. Flavia Princess Nesamani0V. Lakshmi Prabha1Aswathy Paul2D. Nirmal3Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Karunya University, Coimbatore 641114, IndiaDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Government College of Technology, Coimbatore 641013, IndiaDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Karunya University, Coimbatore 641114, IndiaDepartment of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Karunya University, Coimbatore 641114, IndiaZirconium dioxide is a prospective high-κ material that can replace silicon dioxide. Zirconium dioxide nanoparticle has been synthesized using sol-gel process at room temperature. The structural and morphological characterization of the nanoscaled zirconium dioxide is done using FTIR, SEM, X-ray diffraction, and TEM. The particle size of the synthesized ZrO2 is observed in the range of 50–80 nm with an average crystallite size of 2–10 nm. The results are compared with commercial coarse zirconia which showed a particle size in the range of 900 nm–2.13 µm and crystallite size of 5.3 nm–20 nm. It is expected that both nanoscaling and the high dielectric constant of ZrO2 would be useful in replacing the low-κ SiO2 dielectric with high-κ ZrO2 for CMOS fabrication technology. The synthesized ZrO2 is subjected to impedance analysis and it exhibited a dielectric constant of 25 to find its application in short channel devices like multiple gate FinFETS and as a suitable alternative for the conventional gate oxide dielectric SiO2 with dielectric value of 3.9, which cannot survive the challenge of an end of oxide thickness ≤ 1 nm.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/828492
spellingShingle I. Flavia Princess Nesamani
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Synthesis and Dielectric Studies of Monoclinic Nanosized Zirconia
Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
title Synthesis and Dielectric Studies of Monoclinic Nanosized Zirconia
title_full Synthesis and Dielectric Studies of Monoclinic Nanosized Zirconia
title_fullStr Synthesis and Dielectric Studies of Monoclinic Nanosized Zirconia
title_full_unstemmed Synthesis and Dielectric Studies of Monoclinic Nanosized Zirconia
title_short Synthesis and Dielectric Studies of Monoclinic Nanosized Zirconia
title_sort synthesis and dielectric studies of monoclinic nanosized zirconia
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