Diamond-like amorphous carbon

J Robertson - Materials science and engineering: R: Reports, 2002 - Elsevier
Diamond-like carbon (DLC) is a metastable form of amorphous carbon with significant sp3
bonding. DLC is a semiconductor with a high mechanical hardness, chemical inertness, and …

Characterization of amorphous and nanocrystalline carbon films

PK Chu, L Li - Materials chemistry and physics, 2006 - Elsevier
Amorphous and nanocrystalline carbon films possess special chemical and physical
properties such as high chemical inertness, diamond-like properties, and favorable …

[HTML][HTML] C sp2/sp3 hybridisations in carbon nanomaterials–XPS and (X) AES study

B Lesiak, L Kövér, J Tóth, J Zemek, P Jiricek… - Applied Surface …, 2018 - Elsevier
Shape of the C KLL (KVV) Auger spectrum provides a measure of C sp 2/sp 3 hybridisations,
alternative to C 1s spectra fitting. Due to a smaller kinetic energy of C KLL electrons than C …

Recent advances in electrochemical water oxidation to produce hydrogen peroxide: a mechanistic perspective

S Mavrikis, SC Perry, PK Leung, L Wang… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical production of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) has recently gained traction as a
green alternative to the unsustainable anthraquinone auto-oxidation process and the high …

Density, fraction, and cross-sectional structure of amorphous carbon films determined by x-ray reflectivity and electron energy-loss spectroscopy

AC Ferrari, A Libassi, BK Tanner, V Stolojan, J Yuan… - Physical Review B, 2000 - APS
Grazing-angle x-ray reflectivity (XRR) is described as an efficient, nondestructive, parameter-
free means to measure the mass density of various types of amorphous carbon films down to …

Toward hard yet tough ceramic coatings

YX Wang, S Zhang - Surface and Coatings Technology, 2014 - Elsevier
Over the past decades, hard and super hard ceramic coatings have been developed and
widely used in various industrial applications. Meanwhile, an increasing number of studies …

Carbon nanostructures, nanolayers, and their composites

N Slepičková Kasálková, P Slepička, V Švorčík - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
The versatility of the arrangement of C atoms with the formation of different allotropes and
phases has led to the discovery of several new structures with unique properties. Carbon …

Carbon/silicon heterojunction solar cells: state of the art and prospects

X Li, Z Lv, H Zhu - Advanced Materials, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In the last few decades, advances and breakthroughs of carbon materials have been
witnessed in both scientific fundamentals and potential applications. The combination of …

XPS and laser Raman analysis of hydrogenated amorphous carbon films

J Filik, PW May, SRJ Pearce, RK Wild… - Diamond and related …, 2003 - Elsevier
Hydrogenated amorphous carbon films were deposited in an RF parallel plate plasma
reactor using various values of process pressure (10–50 mTorr) and DC self-bias (0–300 V) …

Review of the filtered vacuum arc process and materials deposition

PJ Martin, A Bendavid - Thin solid films, 2001 - Elsevier
The problem of removing macroparticle contamination from cathodic arc deposition
technology has been addressed by several techniques. These techniques have been …