A method for forming alpha-gallium oxide (α-Ga.sub.2O.sub.3) on GaN-compatible substrates uses an epitaxial deposition process comprising (a) forming about one monolayer of wurtzite gallium nitride (w-GaN) on the substrate; (b) reacting the said monolayer of w-GaN with an oxygen precursor to form about one monolayer of α-Ga.sub.2O.sub.3 on the substrate; (c) repeating steps (a) and (b) to form one or more additional monolayers of α-Ga.sub.2O.sub.3 on the substrate.

A method for forming layers with silicon is disclosed. The layers may be created by positioning a substrate within a processing chamber, heating the substrate to a first temperature between 300 and 500° C. and introducing a first precursor into the processing chamber to deposit a first layer. The substrate may be heated to a second temperature between 400 and 600° C.; and, a second precursor may be introduced into the processing chamber to deposit a second layer. The first and second precursor may comprise silicon atoms and the first precursor may have more silicon atoms per molecule than the second precursor.

A stack including a silicon oxide layer, a germanium-containing layer, and a III-V compound semiconductor layer is formed over a substrate. An alternating stack of insulating layers and spacer material layers is formed over the III-V compound semiconductor layer. The spacer material layers are formed as, or are subsequently replaced with, electrically conductive layers. Memory openings are formed through the alternating stack and into the III-V compound semiconductor layer. Memory opening fill structures including a memory film and a vertical semiconductor channel are formed in the memory openings. The vertical semiconductor channels can include a III-V compound semiconductor channel material that is electrically connected to the III-V compound semiconductor layer. The substrate and at least a portion of the silicon oxide layer can be subsequently detached.

Provided is an SiC composite substrate 10 having a monocrystalline SiC layer 12 on a polycrystalline SiC substrate 11, wherein: some or all of the interface at which the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11 and the monocrystalline SiC layer 12 are in contact is an unmatched interface I.sub.12/11 that is not lattice-matched; the monocrystalline SiC layer 12 has a smooth obverse surface and has, on the side of the interface with the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11, a surface that has more pronounced depressions and projections than the obverse surface; and the close-packed plane (lattice plane 11p) of the crystals of the polycrystalline SiC in the polycrystalline SiC substrate 11 is randomly oriented with reference to the direction of a normal to the obverse surface of the monocrystalline SiC layer 12. The present invention improves the adhesion between the polycrystalline SiC substrate and the monocrystalline SiC layer.

The present invention relates to a method for forming an amorphous silicon thin film, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including the same, and a semiconductor device manufactured thereby. The present invention discloses a method for forming an amorphous silicon thin film, wherein the method includes a first step (S10) of providing a first gas containing silicon and a second gas containing nitrogen on a substrate (100) to form a first amorphous silicon layer (310b), and a second step (S20) of providing a first gas containing silicon on the substrate (100) having the first amorphous silicon layer (310b) formed thereon to form a second amorphous silicon layer (300a).

A method for obtaining a smooth surface of an epi-layer with epitaxial lateral overgrowth. The method does not use mis-cut orientations and does not suppress the occurrence of pyramidal hillocks, but instead embeds the pyramidal hillocks in the epi-layer. A growth restrict mask is used to limit the expansion of the pyramidal hillocks in a lateral direction. The surface of the epi-layer becomes extremely smooth due to the disappearance of the pyramidal hillocks.

Provided is a SiC composite substrate including a biaxially-oriented SiC layer in which SiC is oriented in both a c-axis direction and an a-axis direction, and a SiC polycrystalline layer provided on one surface of the biaxially-oriented SiC layer. Pores are present in the SiC composite substrate.

A method of manufacturing a low temperature polysilicon thin film, including the steps of: forming a buffer layer on a substrate; forming a silicon layer on the buffer layer; roughening a surface of the silicon layer to form an uneven surface as a recrystallization growth space; and annealing the silicon layer to form a polysilicon layer, and a partial silicon material of the polysilicon layer is formed on the recrystallization growth space.

A process for etching a substrate comprising polycrystalline silicon to form silicon nanostructures includes depositing metal on top of the substrate and contacting the metallized substrate with an etchant aqueous solution comprising about 2 to about 49 weight percent HF and an oxidizing agent.

A layered structure for semiconductor application is described herein. The layered structure includes a starting material and a fully depleted porous layer formed over the starting material with high resistivity. In some embodiments, the layered structure further includes epitaxial layer grown over the fully depleted porous layer. Additionally, a process of making the layered structure including forming the fully depleted porous layer and epitaxial layer grown over the porous layer is described herein.