Saturation of front propagation in a reaction-diffusion process describing plasma damage in porous low-k materials

Details Saturation of front propagation in a reaction-diffusion process describing plasma damage in porous low-k materials Saturation of front propagation in a reaction-diffusion process describing plasma damage in porous low-k materials

2011-02-15

arxiv.org/abs/1102.3084v2

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. B

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We propose a three-component reaction-diffusion system yielding an asymptotic logarithmic time-dependence for a moving interface. This is naturally related to a Stefan-problem for which both one-sided Dirichlet-type and von Neumann-type boundary conditions are considered. We integrate the dependence of the interface motion on diffusion and reaction parameters and we observe a change from transport behavior and interface motion \sim t^1/2 to logarithmic behavior \sim ln t as a function of time. We apply our theoretical findings to the propagation of carbon depletion in porous dielectrics exposed to a low temperature plasma. This diffusion saturation is reached after about 1 minute in typical experimental situations of plasma damage in microelectronic fabrication. We predict the general dependencies on porosity and reaction rates.

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