A process for the hetero-integration of a semiconductor material of interest on a silicon substrate, includes a step of structuring the substrate which comprises a step of producing a growth mask on the surface of the silicon substrate, the growth mask comprising a plurality of masking patterns, two masking patterns being separated by a trench wherein the silicon substrate is exposed; a step of forming a two-dimensional buffer layer made of a 2D material, the buffer layer being free of side bonds on its free surface and being formed selectively on at least one silicon plane of [111] orientation in at least one trench, the step of forming a buffer layer being performed after the structuring step; a step of forming at least one layer of a semiconductor material of interest on the buffer layer. The semiconductor material of interest is preferably a IV-IV, III-V, II-VI semiconductor material and/or a 2D semiconductor material.

A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming a superlattice above a semiconductor layer, the superlattice including a plurality of stacked groups of layers, with each group of layers including a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions. The method may further include selectively etching the superlattice to remove semiconductor atoms and cause non-semiconductor atoms to accumulate adjacent the semiconductor layer, epitaxially growing an active semiconductor device layer above the semiconductor layer and accumulated non-semiconductor atoms after the selective etching, and forming at least one circuit in the epitaxially grown active semiconductor device layer.

A film formation method includes (A) to (C) below: (A) preparing a substrate including, on a surface of the substrate, a first region from which an insulating film is exposed and a second region from which a metal film is exposed; (B) forming a self-assembled monolayer in the second region by supplying an organic compound containing a nitro group, which is a raw material of the self-assembled monolayer, in a head group to the surface of the substrate, and selectively adsorbing the organic compound to the second region among the first region and the second region; and (C) forming a second insulating film in the first region by supplying a raw material gas as a raw material of the second insulating film to the surface of the substrate while formation of the second insulating film in the second region is inhibited by the self-assembled monolayer.

A semiconductor substrate (1) disclosed herein includes: an SiC single crystal substrate (10SB); a graphene layer (11GR) disposed on an Si plane of the SiC single crystal substrate (10SB); an SiC epitaxial growth layer (12RE) disposed above the SiC single crystal substrate (10SB) via the graphene layer (11GR); and a polycrystalline Si layer (15PS) disposed on an Si plane of the SiC epitaxial growth layer (12RE). The semiconductor substrate may include a graphite substrate or an silicon substrate disposed on a polycrystalline Si layer (15PS). The semiconductor substrate may further include an SiC polycrystalline growth layer (18PC) disposed on a C plane of the SiC epitaxial growth layer (12RE). Consequently, the present disclosure provides a low-cost and high-quality semiconductor substrate and a fabrication method thereof.

A method for making a semiconductor device may include forming a first single crystal silicon layer having a first percentage of silicon 28, and forming a superlattice above the first single crystal silicon layer. The superlattice may include a plurality of stacked groups of layers, with each group of layers comprising a plurality of stacked base silicon monolayers defining a base silicon portion, and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base silicon portions. The method may further include forming a second single crystal silicon layer above the superlattice having a second percentage of silicon 28 higher than the first percentage of silicon 28.

A two-dimensional electronic component includes a substrate; an artificial two-dimensional (2D) material disposed on the substrate; and a first metallic electrode disposed on the artificial 2D material. The artificial 2D material includes a layered atomic structure including a middle atomic layer, a lower atomic layer disposed on a lower surface of the middle atomic layer, and an upper atomic layer disposed on an upper surface of the middle atomic layer respectively. The upper atomic layer and the first metallic electrode are attracted together at a junction therebetween by metallic bonding.

A method for atomically manipulating an artificial two-dimensional material includes providing a first artificial two-dimensional (2D) material having a layered atomic structure; placing the first artificial 2D material in a vacuumed reactive chamber; using plasma to remove an atomic layer on one surface of the first artificial 2D material to expose unsaturated compounds; introducing heterogeneous atoms into the vacuumed reactive chamber, the heterogeneous atoms being different from atoms on the other surface of the first artificial 2D material; and binding the heterogeneous atoms with the unsaturated compounds to form a second artificial 2D material having two heterogeneous junctions.

A method for making a semiconductor gate-all-around (GAA) device may include forming source and drain regions on a semiconductor substrate, forming a plurality of semiconductor nanostructures extending between the source and drain regions, forming a gate surrounding the plurality of semiconductor nanostructures in a gate-all-around arrangement, and forming a dopant diffusion liner adjacent at least one of the source and drain regions and comprising a first superlattice. The first superlattice may include a plurality of stacked groups of layers, with each group of layers including a plurality of stacked base semiconductor monolayers defining a base semiconductor portion, and at least one non-semiconductor monolayer constrained within a crystal lattice of adjacent base semiconductor portions.

A composition of matter comprising: a graphene layer carried directly on a sapphire, Si, SiC, Ga.sub.2O.sub.3 or group III-V semiconductor substrate; wherein a plurality of holes are present through said graphene layer; and wherein a plurality of nanowires or nanopyramids are grown from said substrate in said holes, said nanowires or nanopyramids comprising at least one semiconducting group III-V compound.

A method for treating a micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) component is disclosed. In one example, the method includes the steps of providing a first wafer, treating the first wafer to form cavities and at least an oxide layer on a top surface of the first wafer using a first chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process, providing a second wafer, bonding the second wafer on a top surface of the at least one oxide layer, treating the second wafer to form a first plurality of structures, depositing a layer of Self-Assembling Monolayer (SAM) to a surface of the MEMS component using a second CVD process.