Disclosed is a method for synthesizing two-dimensional (2D) silicon carbide and other materials. The method includes the use of hexagonal SiC precursor in a wet exfoliation technique. The method may also include synthesizing two-dimensional (2D) silicon carbide by a chemical vapor deposition method, or a combination of a liquid exfoliation technique and a chemical vapor deposition method.

An apparatus for growing semiconductor wafers, in particular of silicon carbide, wherein a chamber houses a collection container and a support or susceptor arranged over the container. The support is formed by a frame surrounding an opening accommodating a plurality of arms and a seat. The frame has a first a second surface, opposite to each other, with the first surface of the frame facing the support. The arms are formed by cantilever bars extending from the frame into the opening, having a maximum height smaller than the frame, and having at the top a resting edge. The resting edges of the arms define a resting surface that is at a lower level than the second surface of the frame. The seat has a bottom formed by the resting surface.

Provided is a SiC chemical vapor deposition apparatus including: a furnace body inside of which a growth space is formed; and a placement table which is positioned in the growth space and has a placement surface on which a SiC wafer is placed, in which the furnace body comprises a first hole which is positioned on an upper portion which faces the placement surface and through which a raw material gas is introduced into the growth space, a second hole which is positioned on a side wall of the furnace body and through which a purge gas flows into the growth space, a third hole which is positioned on the side wall of the furnace body at a lower position than the second hole and discharges the gases in the growth space, and a protrusion which is protrudes towards the growth space from a lower end of the second hole to adjust a flow of the raw material gas.

Methods for modifying a susceptor having a silicon carbide (SiC) surface comprising exposing the silicon carbide surface (SiC) to an atmospheric plasma are described. The method increases the atomic oxygen content of the silicon carbide (SiC) surface.

Methods for forming a metal carbide liner in features formed in a substrate surface are described. Each of the features extends a distance into the substrate from the substrate surface and have a bottom and at least one sidewall. The methods include depositing a metal carbide liner in the feature of the substrate surface with a plurality of high-frequency ratio-frequency (HFRF) pulses. Semiconductor devices with the metal carbide liner and methods for filling gaps using the metal carbide liner are also described.

Methods for forming a metal carbide liner in features formed in a substrate surface are described. Each of the features extends a distance into the substrate from the substrate surface and have a bottom and at least one sidewall. The methods include depositing a metal carbide liner in the feature of the substrate surface with a plurality of high-frequency ratio-frequency (HFRF) pulses. Semiconductor devices with the metal carbide liner and methods for filling gaps using the metal carbide liner are also described.

A composite nuclear reactor component comprises a support and a protective layer (2). The support contains a substrate (1) based on a metal. The substrate is coated with an interposed layer (3) positioned between the substrate (1) and the protective layer (2). The protective layer (2) is composed of a material which comprises amorphous chromium carbide. The nuclear reactor component provides for improved resistance to oxidation, hydriding, and/or migration of undesired material.

A process for manufacturing a composite structure comprises: a) providing an initial substrate made of monocrystalline silicon carbide, b) epitaxially growing a monocrystalline silicon carbide donor layer on the initial substrate to form a donor substrate 111, c) implanting ions into the donor layer to form a buried brittle plane defining the the donor layer, d) depositing, using liquid injection-chemical vapor deposition at a temperature below 1000° C., a carrier layer on the donor layer, the carrier layer comprising an at least partially amorphous SiC matrix, e) separating the donor substrate along the brittle plane to form an intermediate composite structure comprising the donor layer on the carrier layer f) heat treating the intermediate composite structure at a temperature of between 1000° C. and 1800° C. to crystallize the carrier layer and form the polycrystalline carrier substrate, and g) applying mechanical and/or chemical treatment(s) of the composite structure.

A vanadium silicon carbide film contains vanadium, silicon, and carbon, in which the total of a vanadium element concentration, a silicon element concentration, and a carbon element concentration in the film is 90 at % or more.

Provided herein are methods and apparatuses for controlling uniformity of processing at an edge region of a semiconductor wafer. In some embodiments, the methods include providing a backside inhibition gas as part of a deposition-inhibition-deposition (DID) sequence.