Synthesis of carbon nitride thin films by low-energy ion beam assisted evaporation : on the mechanisms for fullerene-like microstmcture formation
In: Thin solid films, Jg. 483 (2005), Heft 1-2, S. 89-94
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Carbon nitride (CNx) thin films were grown at different substrate temperatures by low-energy (<100 eV) ion beam assistance deposition (LE-IBAD) in order to discern possible formation mechanisms of a fullerene-like (FL) microstructure. The samples are compared to those of well-structured FL-CNx films synthesized by reactive magnetron sputtering (MS). The comparison yields similar trends for both techniques, such as limitation of the nitrogen content at 20-25 at.%, dominance of sp2 hybrids, as well as thermally activated chemical desorption of CxNy species from the substrate during growth. However, CNx films produced by LE-IBAD are amorphous. The lack of FL structural features correlates with a lower degree of sp2 clustering, attributed to the promotion of nitrile groups. Therefore, low-energy ion bombardment is shown not to be a sufficient condition for the growth of FL-CNx. This result reinforces the eventual relevance of pre-formed CxNy species at the sputtering target in MS for the introduction and/or evolution of FL arrangements.
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Synthesis of carbon nitride thin films by low-energy ion beam assisted evaporation : on the mechanisms for fullerene-like microstmcture formation
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | GAGO, R ; NEIDHARDT, J ; VINNICHENKO, M ; KREISSIG, U ; CZIGANY, Zs ; KOLITSCH, A ; HULTMAN, L ; MÖLLER, W |
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Zeitschrift: | Thin solid films, Jg. 483 (2005), Heft 1-2, S. 89-94 |
Veröffentlichung: | Lausanne: Elsevier Science, 2005 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | print, 30 ref |
ISSN: | 0040-6090 (print) |
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