Output details
13 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials
University of the West of Scotland
Article title
In-situ investigation of spontaneous and plasma-enhanced oxidation of AlN film surfaces
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Applied Physics Letters
Article number
-
Volume number
99
Issue number
12
First page of article
121901
ISSN of journal
00036951
Year of publication
2011
URL
-
Number of additional authors
1
Additional information
Apart from the interest in the novel method, this research has implications for polymer substrate surface modification in flexible electronics. This work has led to the use of AlN as a dielectric underlayer for gold busbars in flexible displays, allaying fears that formation of an oxide layer would prevent adhesion of gold or lead to failure in the field. This allows users to dispense with the normal gold adhesion layer of chromium or titanium, which requires an additional etching step. This has been used by Plastic Logic Ltd in the manufacture of flexible displays.
Interdisciplinary
-
Cross-referral requested
-
Research group
None
Proposed double-weighted
No
Double-weighted statement
-
Reserve for a double-weighted output
No
Non-English
No
English abstract
-
