Fr. Lang et Kh. Dahmen, THE INFLUENCE OF DEPOSITS IN A METAL-ORGANIC CHEMICAL-VAPOR-DEPOSITION APPARATUS ON THE STABILITY OF PRECURSORS, Thin solid films, 241(1-2), 1994, pp. 378-382
The design and the construction of a pyrolysis mass spectrometer suita
ble for monitoring metal-organic chemical vapour deposition reactions
is reported. The CeO2-catalysed decompositions of Hacac (where acac de
notes acetylacetone), Hdpm (where dpm denotes dipivaloylmethane), Ce(a
cac)4 and Ce(dPM)4 were investigated using this apparatus. The tempera
ture dependence and the inhibition of the catalytic surface (1000-3000
angstrom of CeO2) were also studied.