TY  - JOUR
A1  - T P, Ragesh Kumar
A1  - Weirich, Paul
A1  - Hrachowina, Lukas
A1  - Hanefeld, Marc
A1  - Bjornsson, Ragnar
A1  - Hrodmarsson, Helgi Rafn
A1  - Barth, Sven
A1  - Fairbrother, D. Howard
A1  - Huth, Michael
A1  - Ingólfsson, Oddur
T1  - Electron interactions with the heteronuclear carbonyl precursor H₂FeRu₃(CO)₁₃ and comparison with HFeCo₃(CO)₁₂: from fundamental gas phase and surface science studies to focused electron beam induced deposition
T2  - Beilstein journal of nanotechnology
N2  - In the current contribution we present a comprehensive study on the heteronuclear carbonyl complex H2FeRu3(CO)13 covering its low energy electron induced fragmentation in the gas phase through dissociative electron attachment (DEA) and dissociative ionization (DI), its decomposition when adsorbed on a surface under controlled ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) conditions and exposed to irradiation with 500 eV electrons, and its performance in focused electron beam induced deposition (FEBID) at room temperature under HV conditions. The performance of this precursor in FEBID is poor, resulting in maximum metal content of 26 atom % under optimized conditions. Furthermore, the Ru/Fe ratio in the FEBID deposit (≈3.5) is higher than the 3:1 ratio predicted. This is somewhat surprising as in recent FEBID studies on a structurally similar bimetallic precursor, HFeCo3(CO)12, metal contents of about 80 atom % is achievable on a routine basis and the deposits are found to maintain the initial Co/Fe ratio. Low temperature (≈213 K) surface science studies on thin films of H2FeRu3(CO)13 demonstrate that electron stimulated decomposition leads to significant CO desorption (average of 8–9 CO groups per molecule) to form partially decarbonylated intermediates. However, once formed these intermediates are largely unaffected by either further electron irradiation or annealing to room temperature, with a predicted metal content similar to what is observed in FEBID. Furthermore, gas phase experiments indicate formation of Fe(CO)4 from H2FeRu3(CO)13 upon low energy electron interaction. This fragment could desorb at room temperature under high vacuum conditions, which may explain the slight increase in the Ru/Fe ratio of deposits in FEBID. With the combination of gas phase experiments, surface science studies and actual FEBID experiments, we can offer new insights into the low energy electron induced decomposition of this precursor and how this is reflected in the relatively poor performance of H2FeRu3(CO)13 as compared to the structurally similar HFeCo3(CO)12.
KW  - dissociative electron attachment
KW  - dissociative ionization
KW  - electron induced deposition
KW  - electron molecule interaction
KW  - focused electron beam induced deposition
KW  - heteronuclear FEBID precursors
KW  - surface science
Y1  - 2018
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/56831
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-568315
SN  - 2190-4286
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
SP  - 555
EP  - 579
PB  - Beilstein-Institut
CY  - Frankfurt am Main
ER  -