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Abstract
The microstructure and kinetics of the polymorphic C49 to C54-TiSi2 phase transformation have been studied using samples prepared as in self-aligned silicide applications. For C49-TiSi2 thin films formed at temperatures of 600 and 625°C on (100) single-crystal silicon substrates, the effective activation energy was 5.6 ± 0.3 and 5.7 ± 0.08 eV, respectively, for the C49 to C54 phase transformation carried out in the temperature range 600 to 700°C. We concluded that the transformation process occurred by nucleation and growth of the orthorhombic face-centered (C54) phase from the as-formed orthorhombic base-centered (C49) phase. The Avrami exponent of 2.2 ± 0.09 and the optical observations suggest that most of the nucleation occurred during the beginning of the transformation process. © 1994, The Electrochemical Society, Inc. All rights reserved.