Wednesday, August 31, 2016

RASIRC Renews Funding for Atomic Layer Deposition Research at University of California, San Diego (UCSD)

RASIRC renewed its funding agreement with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for on-going semiconductor processing research. Professor Andrew Kummel of the Department of Chemistry represents UCSD in this agreement. The gift donation supports one student for one year. RASIRC made a similar gift donation last year. RASIRC manufactures BRUTE® hydrogen peroxide and hydrazine vaporizers for emerging ALD applications.

San Diego, CA, August 31, 2016 (Newswire.com) - RASIRC announced today that it has renewed its funding agreement with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) for on-going semiconductor processing research. Professor Andrew Kummel of the Department of Chemistry represents UCSD in this agreement. The gift donation supports one student for one year. RASIRC made a similar gift donation last year. RASIRC manufactures BRUTE® hydrogen peroxide and hydrazine vaporizers for emerging ALD applications. 
“Our ongoing research focuses on solving difficult materials problems associated with emerging semiconductor technology,” said Professor Kummel. “Financial and technical support from RASIRC aids our efforts to create new films and passivation layers for continuous shrinkage of semiconductor devices.”

As part of the agreement, RASIRC provides BRUTE® Peroxide and BRUTE Hydrazine materials for experimentation. The UCSD team produced and published significant findings from these materials during the previous year of research. Chemists and engineers from both organizations regularly collaborate on research and share their findings. Research covers passivation of SiGe channel materials and development of new low temperature deposition methods for metal nitrides.

“Universities play a critical role in chemical and materials research behind advances in the semiconductor industry as shown by the results produced and published by UCSD over the past year,” said  Daniel Alvarez, RASIRC Chief Technology Officer. “UCSD is a great partner and we look forward to working with the team to perfect novel new chemistries that solve very difficult problems where traditional methods do not work.”

Professor Kummel’s group is focused on understanding and imaging chemical processing at the atomic level.  Current projects include (1) In-situ cleaning and functionalization of SiGe, Ge, and InGaAs semiconductors for defect-free interfaces on FinFET sidewalls and contacts;  (2) Selective etching and ALD on semiconductors and insulators; (3) Non-Covalent Functionalization of two-dimensional semiconductors; (4) Nano-scale synthesis of silica nanoshells for tumor ultrasound imaging and ablation. Additional detail on the Kummel Research Group can be found at http://kummelgroup.ucsd.edu.

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