Spectroscopy of carbon: from diamond to nitride films

S Kaciulis - Surface and Interface Analysis, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Every surface scientist knows about the importance of carbon spectroscopy: the signals of C
1 s and C KLL usually are indicating the surface cleanness, whereas C 1 s peak is often …

Catalytic effect of metal alloy sublayers on graphene formation in thermally annealed amorphous carbon ultrathin films

BS Baboukani, Z Ye, K Komvopoulos - Applied Surface Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The exceptional properties of graphene, such as mechanical strength, flexibility, thermal
conductivity, electron mobility, biocompatibility, and transparency, make it an ideal material …

Superhard behaviour, low residual stress, and unique structure in diamond-like carbon films by simple bilayer approach

N Dwivedi, S Kumar, HK Malik - Journal of Applied Physics, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Simple bilayer approach is proposed for synthesizing hard and superhard diamond-like
carbon (DLC) coatings with reduced residual stress. For this, M/DLC bilayer (M= Ti and Cu) …

Enhancing Graphene Growth in Carbon Ultrathin Films by Tuning the Ion Kinetic Energy During Film Deposition onto a Catalyst Sublayer

BS Baboukani, Z Ye… - The Journal of Physical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
A one-step metal-catalyzed process for transforming carbon films into high-quality graphene
layers for potential use in various cutting-edge technologies was developed in this study …

Uniform and conformal carbon nanofilms produced based on molecular layer deposition

P Yang, G Wang, Z Gao, H Chen, Y Wang, Y Qin - Materials, 2013 - mdpi.com
Continuous and uniform carbon nanofilms (CNFs) are prepared by pyrolysis of polyimide
films which are produced by molecular layer deposition (MLD). The film thickness can be …

Structural, nanomechanical, field emission and ammonia gas sensing properties of nitrogenated amorphous carbon films deposited by filtered anodic jet carbon arc …

RK Tripathi, OS Panwar, AK Srivastava, I Rawal… - Talanta, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper reports the effect of substrate bias on the structural, nanomechanical, field
emission and ammonia gas sensing properties of nitrogenated amorphous carbon films …

Influence of bonding environment on nano-mechanical properties of nitrogen containing hydrogenated amorphous carbon thin films

N Dwivedi, S Kumar, HK Malik, CMS Rauthan… - Materials Chemistry and …, 2011 - Elsevier
High quality nitrogen incorporated hydrogenated amorphous carbon (aC: N: H) thin films
have been grown, using radio frequency-plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition …

Enhanced discharge and microstructure of the ta-C coatings by electromagnetically enhanced cathodic arc at argon atmosphere

J Hu, X Tian, H Liu, C Gong, Q Tian, M Wu… - Surface and Coatings …, 2019 - Elsevier
The ta-C coatings were fabricated using electromagnetically enhanced cathodic arc. The
effect of auxiliary magnetic field generated by electromagnetic coil on arc discharge …

A comparative study of the structural, mechanical and tribological characteristics of TiSiC-Cr coatings prepared in CH4 and C2H2 reactive atmosphere by cathodic …

M Braic, A Vladescu, M Balaceanu, C Luculescu… - Applied Surface …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract TiSiC-Cr coatings, with Cr and Si as additional elements, were deposited on Si, C
45 and 316 L steel substrates via cathodic arc evaporation. Two series of coatings with …

Amorphous carbon deposited by a novel aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition for photovoltaic solar cells

N Ahmad, D Kamaruzzaman… - Japanese Journal of …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Amorphous carbon (aC) solar cells were successfully prepared using a novel and self-
designed aerosol-assisted chemical vapor deposition (AACVD) method using camphor oil …