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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1995. Plasma Processing and Processing Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9854.
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NRL STRATEGIC SERIES

Plasma Processing and Processing Science

Panel on Plasma Processing

Naval Studies Board

Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications

National Research Council

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, D.C.
1995

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1995. Plasma Processing and Processing Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9854.
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NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine. The members of the panel responsible for this report were chosen for their special competences and with regard for appropriate balance.

This report has been reviewed by a group other than the authors according to procedures approved by a Report Review Committee consisting of members of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine.

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Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1995. Plasma Processing and Processing Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9854.
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PANEL ON PLASMA PROCESSING

Francis F. Chen,

University of California at Los Angeles,

Chair

Denice Denton,

University of Wisconsin

Arthur H. Firester,

Sarnoff Laboratories

Mark J. Kushner,

University of Illinois

Gottlieb S. Oehrlein,

State University of New York at Albany

Emil Pfender,

University of Minnesota

Gary S. Selwyn,

Los Alamos National Laboratory

J. Leon Shohet,

University of Wisconsin

Navy Liaison Representative

Ronald N. Kostoff,

Office of Naval Research

Consultant

Sidney G. Reed, Jr.

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 1995. Plasma Processing and Processing Science. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9854.
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NAVAL STUDIES BOARD

David R. Heebner,

Science Applications International Corporation (retired),

Chair

George M. Whitesides,

Harvard University,

Vice Chair

Albert J. Baciocco, Jr.,

The Baciocco Group, Inc.

Alan Berman,

Center for Naval Analyses

Ruth M. Davis,

Pymatuning Group, Inc.

Seymour J. Deitchman,

Institute for Defense Analyses

John F. Egan,

Lockheed Corporation

Ralph R. Goodman,

Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University

Sherra E. Kerns,

Vanderbilt University

David W. McCall,

Far Hills, New Jersey

Irwin Mendelson,

Singer Island, Florida

George A. Paulikas,

The Aerospace Corporation

Alan Powell,

University of Houston

Herbert Rabin,

University of Maryland

Robert L. Silverstein,

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Keith A. Smith,

Vienna, Virginia

Robert C. Spindel,

Applied Physics Laboratory, University of Washington

H. Gregory Tornatore,

Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University

Richard H. Truly,

Georgia Tech Research University, Georgia Institute of Technology

J. Pace VanDevender,

Sandia National Laboratories

Vincent Vitto,

Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Navy Liaison Representatives

Paul Blatch,

Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

Ronald N. Kostoff,

Office of Naval Research

Lee M. Hunt,

Director

Ronald D. Taylor,

Associate Director

Susan G. Campbell,

Administrative Assistant

Mary (Dixie) Gordon,

Information Officer

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COMMISSION ON PHYSICAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICS, AND APPLICATIONS

Richard N. Zare,

Stanford University,

Chair

Richard S. Nicholson,

American Association for the Advancement of Science,

Vice Chair

Stephen L. Adler,

Institute for Advanced Study

Sylvia T. Ceyer,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Susan L. Graham,

University of California at Berkeley

Robert J. Hermann,

United Technologies Corporation

Rhonda J. Hughes,

Bryn Mawr College

Shirley A. Jackson,

Rutgers University

Kenneth I. Kellermann,

National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Hans Mark,

University of Texas at Austin

Thomas A. Prince,

California Institute of Technology

Jerome Sacks,

National Institute of Statistical Sciences

L.E. Scriven,

University of Minnesota

A. Richard Seebass III,

University of Colorado

Leon T. Silver,

California Institute of Technology

Charles P. Slichter,

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Alvin W. Trivelpiece,

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Shmuel Winograd,

IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

Charles A. Zraket,

Mitre Corporation (retired)

Norman Metzger,

Executive Director

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Preface

To assist with its long-term strategic planning, the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) requested that the Naval Studies Board of the National Research Council (NRC) form a panel on plasma processing science. NRL's request for independent advice acknowledged the importance of this area of science to a broad range of applications. Specifically, the use of plasmas for processing has found utility in numerous techniques for materials preparation and processing. Applications include the preparation of electronic materials (using processes such as chemical vapor deposition, reactive ion etching, and others); plasma spray techniques for coatings; the modification of metal surfaces to improve hardness, surface cleanliness, and so on; corrosion resistance; superconducting and magnetic films; and friction reduction. The subject of plasma processing, including discussion of key science and technology questions, has been addressed in the NRC report Plasma Processing of Materials: Scientific Opportunities and Technological Challenges (National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1991). That report discusses many scientific opportunities in the field, particularly those having microelectronic application.

In response to NRL's request, the Panel on Plasma Processing was formed and directed to assess, based on both NRL's strengths and opportunities in the area, whether NRL should develop a coordinated and focused research program in plasma processing of materials and, if so, identify potential characteristics and research thrusts. As part of the effort, the panel was requested to identify selected research opportunities in the field as a whole and meet with NRL researchers working in the areas related to plasma processing of materials and receive briefings on existing and planned research efforts. Anticipating that the program would draw on NRL's extensive experience and expertise in the areas of plasma generation and transport, plasma-matter interaction and plasma modeling, and materials processing using plasma processing techniques, NRL also requested that the panel consider NRL's current capabilities in the areas overlapping the proposed program.

In this context, specific questions posed for the panel's consideration were the following:

  1. To what extent and in what areas is progress in this multidisciplinary field dependent on the development of a scientific foundation that is not yet present at NRL?

  2. What set of new or existing research objectives can lead to tractable experiments or theory with conclusive results that promote (1) scientific advances and (2) technical utility (within a reasonable and finite/appropriate time scale) for potential programs at NRL?

  3. What cooperative efforts at NRL can provide the opportunity for synergistic interactions among the various thrust area units working with the subject?

  4. What additions and alterations to NRL's current facilities are needed to address new or coordinated research challenges?

  5. What collaborations with other research organizations would enhance NRL's ability to contribute to progress in this field?

During the course of the study, the panel met three times—June 28-29, 1993, at NRL, July 29, 1993, at the University of Wisconsin Center for Plasma Processing, and August 21-23, 1993, at NRL.

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Contents

 Chapter 1–

 

Introduction and Summary

 

1

 Chapter 2–

 

Modeling and Simulation of Plasma Processing

 

3

   

 Research Opportunities

 

3

   

 Requirements of the Microelectronics Fabrication Industry

 

3

   

 Current Status of Modeling and Simulation

 

4

   

 A Role for NRL

 

5

 Chapter 3–

 

Semiconductor Processing

 

7

   

 Research Opportunities

 

7

   

 A Role for NRL

 

8

   

 Development and Characterization of Precompetitive Materials and Processes

 

8

   

 Comparative Analysis and Characterization of Tools and Processes in Development

 

10

   

 Sensor Development for Control and Fingerprinting of Manufacturing Processes

 

11

 Chapter 4–

 

Plasma Deposition and Polymerization

 

13

   

 Research Opportunities

 

13

   

 Semiconductor Fabrication

 

13

   

 Barrier Coatings

 

13

   

 Fibrous Materials

 

13

   

 Optical Coatings and Photonics

 

14

   

 Plasma Polymerization

 

14

   

 A Role for NRL

 

14

 Chapter 5–

 

Ion Implantation and Surface Modification

 

15

   

 Research Opportunities

 

15

   

 Introduction

 

15

   

 Plasma and Ion Beam Implantation Technology

 

15

   

 Applications

 

16

   

 A Role for NRL

 

18

 Chapter 6–

 

Thermal Plasmas

 

19

   

 Research Opportunities

 

19

   

 Introduction

 

19

   

 Plasma Spraying

 

19

   

 Plasma Chemical Vapor Deposition

 

20

   

 Plasma Waste Destruction

 

20

   

 Plasma Metallurgy

 

21

   

 Thermal Plasma Synthesis

 

21

   

 Plasma Consolidation

 

22

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