RIE by F Chemistry and PECVD of hard C-based films Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology PlasmaPro 80

Reactive-ion etching (RIE) is an etching technology used in microfabrication. RIE is a type of dry etching which has different characteristics than wet etching. RIE uses chemically reactive plasma to remove material deposited on wafers. The plasma is generated under low pressure (vacuum) by an electromagnetic field. High-energy ions from the plasma attack the wafer surface and react with it. A typical (parallel plate) RIE system consists of a cylindrical vacuum chamber, with a wafer platter situated in the bottom portion of the chamber. The wafer platter is electrically isolated from the rest of the chamber. Gas enters through small inlets in the top of the chamber and exits to the vacuum pump system through the bottom. The types and amount of gas used vary depending upon the etch process; for instance, sulfur hexafluoride is commonly used for etching silicon. Gas pressure is typically maintained in a range between a few millitorrs and a few hundred millitorrs by adjusting gas flow rates and/or adjusting an exhaust orifice.

Publications

DODD, S.; GUDINO, N.; ZADOROZHNII, O.; STAŇO, M.; HAJDUČEK, J.; ARREGI URIBEETXEBARRIA, J.; MORRIS, H.; UHLÍŘ, V.; BARBIC, M.; KORETSKY, A., 2025: Field switching of microfabricated metamagnetic FeRh MRI contrast agents. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 15 (1), p. 1 - 10, doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-85384-6 (MAGNETRON, VERSALAB, MIRA-EBL, EVAPORATOR, RIE-FLUORINE, ICON-SPM, KERR-MICROSCOPE)

Wang, Y.; Guo, M.; Davídková, K.; Verba, R.; Guo, X.; Dubs, C.; Chumak, A. V.; Pirro, P.; Wang, Q., 2025: Fast switchable unidirectional forward volume spin-wave emitter. PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED 23 (1), p. 1 - 10, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.23.014066 (MIRA-EBL, RIE-FLUORINE, SCIA, EVAPORATOR)

TAKHSHA GHAHFAROKHI, M.; HORKÝ, M.; NASI, L.; KOSOGOR, A.; TREVISI, G.; CASOLI, F.; ARREGI URIBEETXEBARRIA, J.; BRESCIA, R.; UHLÍŘ, V.; ALBERTINI, F., 2025: Spatially confined magnetic shape-memory Heuslers: Implications for nanoscale devices. ACTA MATERIALIA 284, p. 1 - 11, doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2024.120579 (VERIOS, MIRA-EBL, RIE-FLUORINE, VERSALAB, WIRE-BONDER)

MIGLIACCIO, L.; SAY, M.; PATHAK, G.; GABLECH, I.; BRODSKÝ, J.; DONAHUE, M.; GLOWACKI, E., 2025: Ultrathin Indium Tin Oxide Accumulation Mode Electrolyte-Gated Transistors for Bioelectronics. ADVANCED MATERIALS TECHNOLOGIES, p. 2302219 - 9, doi: 10.1002/admt.202302219 (SUSS-MA8, RIE-FLUORINE, KEITHLEY-4200)

Singh, A.; Němec, H.; Kunc, J.; Kužel, P., 2024: Nanoscale terahertz conductivity and ultrafast dynamics of terahertz plasmons in periodic arrays of epitaxial graphene nanoribbons. PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH 6 (3), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.033063 (RAITH, RIE-FLUORINE)

Kunc, J.; Fridrišek, T.; Shestopalov, M.; Jo, J.; Park, K., 2024: Graphene–insulator–metal diodes: Enhanced dielectric strength of the Al2O3 barrier. AIP ADVANCES 14 (9), p. 1 - 9, doi: 10.1063/5.0223763 (RAITH, RIE-FLUORINE, ALD-FIJI, EVAPORATOR, WIRE-BONDER, KRATOS-XPS)

Krčma, J., 2024: Controlled Excitation of Magnons through Optically Induced Mie Resonances in Periodic Dielectric Nanostructures. BACHELOR'S THESIS (EVAPORATOR, RAITH, RIE-FLUORINE, KAUFMAN, BRILLOUIN, VERIOS)

JAKEŠOVÁ, M.; KUNOVSKÝ, O.; GABLECH, I.; KHODAGHOLY, D.; GELINAS, J.; GLOWACKI, E., 2024: Coupling of photovoltaics with neurostimulation electrodes-optical to electrolytic transduction. JOURNAL OF NEURAL ENGINEERING 21 (4), doi: 10.1088/1741-2552/ad593d (PARYLENE-SCS, MAGNETRON, SUSS-MA8, EVAPORATOR, RIE-FLUORINE, DIENER, WIRE-BONDER)

GRYSZEL, M.; JAKEŠOVÁ, M.; VU, X.; INGEBRANDT, S.; GLOWACKI, E., 2024: Elevating Platinum to Volumetric Capacitance: High Surface Area Electrodes through Reactive Pt Sputtering. ADVANCED HEALTHCARE MATERIALS, doi: 10.1002/adhm.202302400 (EVAPORATOR, DEKTAK, RIE-FLUORINE, DWL, SUSS-MA8)

Liu, X.; Fohlerová, Z.; Gablech, I.; Pumera, M.; Neužil, P., 2024: Nature-inspired parylene/SiO2 core-shell micro-nano pillars: Effect of topography and surface chemistry. APPLIED MATERIALS TODAY 37, doi: 10.1016/j.apmt.2024.102117 (RIE-FLUORINE, DRIE, PARYLENE-SCS, XEF2)

ŠVARC, V.; BARTOŠÍK, M.; KONEČNÝ, M.; PIASTEK, J.; NEZVAL, D.; MACH, J.; ŠIKOLA, T., 2023: Side charge propagation in simultaneous KPFM and transport measurement of humidity exposed graphene FET sensor. CARBON 215, p. 118471 - 12, doi: 10.1016/j.carbon.2023.118471 (RIE-FLUORINE, EVAPORATOR, MIRA-EBL, WIRE-BONDER)

Sharifahmadian, O.; Pakseresht, A.; Mirzaei, S.; Eliáš, M.; Galusek, D., 2023: Mechanically robust hydrophobic fluorine-doped diamond-like carbon film on glass substrate. DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS 138, doi: 10.1016/j.diamond.2023.110252 (KRATOS-XPS, VERIOS, NANOINDENTER, RIE-FLUORINE)

KNAUER, S.; DAVÍDKOVÁ, K.; SCHMOLL, D.; SERHA, R.; VORONOV, A.; WANG, Q.; VERBA, R.; DOBROVOLSKIY, O.; LINDNER, M.; REIMANN, T.; DUBS, C.; URBÁNEK, M.; CHUMAK, A., 2023: Propagating spin-wave spectroscopy in a liquid-phase epitaxial nanometer-thick YIG film at millikelvin temperatures. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 133 (14), p. 1 - 8, doi: 10.1063/5.0137437 (RAITH, RIE-FLUORINE, SCIA, BRILLOUIN, EVAPORATOR, VNA-MPI)

ZANGANA, S.; LEDNICKÝ, T.; BONYÁR, A., 2023: Three Generations of Surface Nanocomposites Based on Hexagonally Ordered Gold Nanoparticle Layers and Their Application for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. CHEMOSENSORS 11 (4), p. 1 - 14, doi: 10.3390/chemosensors11040235 (VERIOS, HELIOS, RIE-FLUORINE, DIENER)

BRODSKÝ, J.; GABLECH, I.; MIGLIACCIO, L.; HAVLÍČEK, M.; DONAHUE, M.; GLOWACKI, E., 2023: Downsizing the Channel Length of Vertical Organic Electrochemical Transistors. ACS APPL MATER INTER 15 (22), p. 27002 - 8, doi: 10.1021/acsami.3c02049 (SUSS-MA8, EVAPORATOR, SCIA, PARYLENE-SCS, RIE-FLUORINE, MIRA-EBL, DEKTAK, ICON-SPM)

Kunc, J.; Morzhuk, B.; Shestopalov, M.; Fridrišek, T.; Dědič, V., 2023: Spectral current density and responsivity scaling for Fourier transform photocurrent spectroscopy. REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 94 (5), doi: 10.1063/5.0139027 (RAITH, MIRA-EBL, EVAPORATOR, RIE-FLUORINE)

Fridrišek, T., 2022: Optical gating of epitaxial graphene. MASTER'S THESIS (MIRA-EBL, RIE-FLUORINE, EVAPORATOR, LYRA, WIRE-BONDER)

Midlik, Š.; Sadílek, J.; Xie, Z.; Huang, Y.; Schmoranzer, D., 2022: Silicon Vibrating Micro-Wire Resonators for Study of Quantum Turbulence in Superfluid He-4. JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS, doi: 10.1007/s10909-022-02675-2 (PECVD, RIE-FLUORINE, SUSS-MA8, SUSS-RCD8, EVAPORATOR, DWL, LYRA)

GABLECH, I.; BRODSKÝ, J.; VYROUBAL, P.; PIASTEK, J.; BARTOŠÍK, M.; PEKÁREK, J., 2022: Mechanical strain and electric-field modulation of graphene transistors integrated on MEMS cantilevers. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 57 (3), p. 1923 - 13, doi: 10.1007/s10853-021-06846-6 (RIE-FLUORINE, DRIE, EVAPORATOR, WIRE-BONDER, WITEC-RAMAN, MPS150, KEITHLEY-4200, SUSS-MA8, DWL)

ABUDLLAEVA, O.; SAHALIANOV, I.; EJNEBY, M.; JAKEŠOVÁ, M.; ZOZOULENKO, I.; LIIN, S.; GLOWACKI, E., 2022: Faradaic Pixels for Precise Hydrogen Peroxide Delivery to Control M-Type Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels. ADVANCED SCIENCE, p. 1 - 14, doi: 10.1002/advs.202103132 (DIENER, EVAPORATOR, SUSS-MA8, PARYLENE-SCS, RIE-FLUORINE)

Slavík, J., 2021: Patterning of excitable cells on multi-electrode arrays. PH.D. THESIS, p. 1 - 102 (DWL, EVAPORATOR, PARYLENE-SCS, RIE-FLUORINE, LYRA, MAGNETRON, ICON-SPM, LEICACOAT-NANO)

VAŇATKA, M.; SZULC, K.; WOJEWODA, O.; DUBS, C.; CHUMAK, A.; KRAWCZYK, M.; DOBROVOLSKIY, O.; KLOS, J.; URBÁNEK, M., 2021: Spin-Wave Dispersion Measurement by Variable-Gap Propagating Spin-Wave Spectroscopy. PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED 16 (5), p. 054033-1 - 10, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.16.054033 (VNA-MPI, BRILLOUIN, RAITH, EVAPORATOR, MAGNETRON, DIENER, VERIOS, RIE-FLUORINE)

Brodský J., 2021: Gas sensors based on 1D and 2D materials. MASTER'S THESIS, p. 1 - 84 (DWL, DIENER, SUSS-RCD8, SUSS-MA8, EVAPORATOR, MPS150, WITEC-RAMAN, ICON-SPM, RIE-FLUORINE, DRIE, LYRA)

Zadorozhnii, O., 2021: Exchange bias in metamagnetic heterostructures. MASTER'S THESIS, p. 1 - 81 (MAGNETRON, VERSALAB, KERR-MICROSCOPE, RAITH, RIE-FLUORINE, LYRA, UHV-XPS)

GHAHFAROKHI, M.; ARREGI URIBEETXEBARRIA, J.; CASOLI, F.; HORKÝ, M.; CABASSI, R.; UHLÍŘ, V.; ALBERTINI, F., 2021: Microfabricated ferromagnetic-shape-memory Heuslers: The geometry and size effects. APPLIED MATERIALS TODAY 23, p. 101058-1 - 11, doi: 10.1016/j.apmt.2021.101058 (VERSALAB, RIGAKU9, KERR-MICROSCOPE, SUSS-MA8, RIE-FLUORINE, EVAPORATOR, WIRE-BONDER, VERIOS)

SEPÚLVEDA SEPÚLVEDA, L.; KAMNEV, K.; PYTLÍČEK, Z.; PRÁŠEK, J.; MOZALEV, A., 2021: Superhydrophobic-Oleophobic Visible-Transparent Antireflective Nanostructured Anodic HfO2 Multifunctional Coatings for Potential Solar Panel Applications. ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS 4 (2), p. 1754 - 12, doi: 10.1021/acsanm.0c03202 (MAGNETRON, RIE-FLUORINE, VERIOS, JAZ3-CHANNEL)

SLAVÍK, J.; ČMIEL, V.; HUBÁLEK, J.; YANG, Y.; REN, T.-L., 2021: Hippocampal Neurons’ Alignment on Quartz Grooves and Parylene Cues on Quartz Substrate. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 11 (1), p. 1 - 12, doi: 10.3390/app11010275 (PARYLENE-SCS, RIE-FLUORINE)

Chmela, O., 2020: Progress toward the development of single nanowire-based arrays for gas sensing applications. PH.D THESIS, p. 1 - 199 (ALD-FIJI, DWL, KAUFMAN, DIENER, SUSS-MA8, SUSS-RCD8, RAITH, MAGNETRON, EVAPORATOR, RIE-FLUORINE, SCIA, DEKTAK, ICON-SPM, NANOCALC, MPS150, WIRE-BONDER)

LEDNICKÝ, T.; BONYÁR, A., 2020: Large Scale Fabrication of Ordered Gold Nanoparticle-Epoxy Surface Nanocomposites and Their Application as Label-Free Plasmonic DNA Biosensors. ACS APPL MATER INTER 12 (4), p. 4804 - 11, doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b20907 (MAGNETRON, RIE-FLUORINE, VERIOS, LYRA, HELIOS, KRATOS-XPS)

Hache, T.; Vanatka, M.; Flajsman, L.; Weinhold, T.; Hula, T.; Ciubotariu, O.; Albrecht, M.; Arkook, B.; Barsukov, I.; Fallarino, L.; Hellwig, O.; Fassbender, J.; Urbanek, M.; Schultheiss, H., 2020: Freestanding Positionable Microwave-Antenna Device for Magneto-Optical Spectroscopy Experiments. PHYSICAL REVIEW APPLIED 13 (5), p. 054009-1 - 10, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.13.054009 (RAITH, RIE-FLUORINE, EVAPORATOR, WIRE-BONDER, BRILLOUIN)

LIŠKA, J.; LIGMAJER, F.; PINHO NASCIMENTO, P.; KEJÍK, L.; KVAPIL, M.; DVOŘÁK, P.; HORKÝ, M.; LEITNER, N.; REIMHULT, E.; ŠIKOLA, T., 2020: Effect of deposition angle on fabrication of plasmonic gold nanocones and nanodiscs. MICROELECTRONIC ENGINEERING 228, p. 1 - 6, doi: 10.1016/j.mee.2020.111326 (EVAPORATOR, LYRA, RIE-FLUORINE, MIRA-EBL, ICON-SPM)

Rovenská, K., 2020: Dielectric metasurfaces as modern optical components. MASTER'S THESIS, p. 1 - 57 (MAGNETRON, DEKTAK, KRATOS-XPS, MIRA-EBL, EVAPORATOR, VERIOS, RIE-FLUORINE, ALD-FIJI)

LIU, X.; FECKO, P.; FOHLEROVÁ, Z.; PEKÁREK, J.; KARÁSEK, T.; NEUŽIL, P., 2020: Parylene Micropillars Coated with Thermally Grown SiO2. JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B 38 (6), p. 38 - 6, doi: 10.1116/6.0000558 (SUSS-MA8, SUSS-RCD8, DWL, DRIE, RIE-FLUORINE, PARYLENE-SCS, XEF2, APCVD, LYRA)

Hegrová, V., 2019: Application of correlative AFM/SEM microscopy. MASTER'S THESIS, p. 1 - 64 (LYRA, MIRA-EBL, RIE-FLUORINE, EVAPORATOR, WIRE-BONDER)

Fecko, P., 2019: Gecko mimicking surfaces. MASTER'S THESIS, p. 1 - 52 (SUSS-RCD8, SUSS-MA8, DWL, DRIE, LYRA, ALD-FIJI, RIE-FLUORINE, ICON-SPM, PARYLENE-SCS, XEF2)

Brodský, J., 2019: Characterization of graphene elecrical properties on MEMS structures. BACHELOR'S THESIS, p. 1 - 50 (MPS150, WITEC-RAMAN, EVAPORATOR, DRIE, PECVD, DWL, SUSS-MA8, RIE-FLUORINE, RIE-CHLORINE, DIENER, SCIA)

Hajduček, J., 2019: Substrate-controlled nucleation of the magnetic phase transtition in nanostructures. BACHELOR'S THESIS, p. 1 - 46 (MAGNETRON, ICON-SPM, CRYOGENIC, MIRA-EBL, RIE-FLUORINE, EVAPORATOR, VERSALAB)

Vančík, S., 2018: MEMS microhotplate platform for chemical sensors. MASTER'S THESIS, p. 1 - 68 (DWL, ALD-FIJI, MAGNETRON, EVAPORATOR, RIE-FLUORINE, RIE-CHLORINE, SUSS-MA8, DEKTAK, MPS150)

CHMELA, O.; SADÍLEK, J.; SAMA, DOMENECH-GIL, G.; J.; SOMER, J.; MOHAN, R.; ROMANO-RODRIGUEZ, A.; HUBÁLEK, J.; VALLEJOS VARGAS, S., 2018: Selectively arranged single-wire based nanosensor array systems for gas monitoring. NANOSCALE 10 (19), p. 9087 - 10, doi: 10.1039/c8nr01588k (RAITH, DWL, KAUFMAN, MAGNETRON, SCIA, RIE-FLUORINE, WIRE-BONDER, RIGAKU3)

Chmela, O; Sadilek, J; Sama, J; Romano-Rodriguez, A; Hubalek, J; Vallejos, S, 2017: Nanosensor array systems based on single functional wires selectively integrated and their sensing properties to C2H6O and NO2. NANOTECHNOLOGY VIII 10248, doi: 10.1117/12.2265000 (RAITH, DWL, KAUFMAN, SCIA, RIE-FLUORINE, MAGNETRON, RIGAKU3)

Pekárek, J.; Prokop, R.; Svatoš, V.; Gablech, I.; Hubálek, J.; Neužil, P., 2017: Self-compensating method for bolometer–based IR focal plane arrays. SENSORS AND ACTUATORS, A: PHYSICAL 265, p. 40 - 46, doi: 10.1016/j.sna.2017.08.025 (SUSS-MA8, EVAPORATOR, RIE-FLUORINE, SUMMIT, SCIA)

Fabianová, K., 2016: Fabrication of well defined nanoporous structures with application in membrane sensing. BACHELOR’S THESIS, p. 1 - 54 (PECVD, MIRA-EBL, LYRA, RIE-FLUORINE, NANOCALC, MAGNETRON, EVAPORATOR)

Gallery

Specification

Methods

etching of Si, SiO2, Si3N4, TiO2, Au, Nb and deposition of DLC and CN films

Details

Type of access
Full-service (paid), Self-service
Research area
Devices
Category
Dry etching
Subcategory
RIE
Guarantor
Eliáš, Marek
Site
CEITECNANO
Location
CEITEC Nano - C1.34

Documents

List of Experienced Users in Etching & Deposition Lab C1.34
External Manuals & Docs