Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 253, Issue 7, Pages 3722-3726Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2006.08.003
Keywords
hydrogenated amorphous carbon (a-C : H) films; applied bias voltage; filtered cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA)
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Ti-doped hydrogenated diamond-like carbon (DLC) films were deposited on Si(I 0 0) substrates by a filtered cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA) method using Ar and CH4 as the feedstock. The composition and microstructure of the films were investigated by Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and IR spectroscopy. The internal stress was determined by the radius of curvature technique. The influence of the bias voltage on the microstructure of the as-deposited films was investigated. It was found that the graphite-like bonds was dominated in the Ti-doped 3 DLC film deposited at 0 V bias voltage. When bias voltage was increased to - 150 V, more diamond-like bond were produced and the Sp content in film reached the maximum value, after which it decreased and more graphite-like bonds feature produced with further increase of the negative bias voltage. The compressive internal in the Ti-doped DLC films also exhibited a maximum value at - 150 V bias voltage. IR results indicated that C-H bonded intensity reduced, and H atoms bonded with C atoms were substituted for the Ti atoms as the negative bias voltage increasing. All the composition and microstructure change can be explained by considering the plasma conditions and the effect of negative bias voltage applied to the substrate. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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