Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/2662
Title: Low Pressure PECVD of Nanoparticles in carbon thin films from low pressure radiofrequency Ar/H2/C2H2 plasmas. Synthesis of films and analysis of the electron energy distribution function
Keywords: Carbon nanoparticles
C2H2
OES
Plasma EEDF
RF-CVD
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Description: [Full-text paper not available yet]
A study of the synthesis of carbon nanoparticles embedded in carbon thin films deposited by radiofrequency (RF) (13.56 MHz) Ar/H2 (4 %)/C2H2 plasmas is presented. The carbon nanospheres exhibit an amorphous structure that is clearly observed at 300 W, under 0.1 Torr, and grows in size with increasing C2H2 between 1% and 20 %. Above a C2H2 concentration threshold (20% in this case) carbon nanoparticles are no longer formed. In order to study possible changes in the plasma kinetics, optical emission spectroscopy (OES) is used to evaluate the electron temperature while changing the C2H2 concentration. In addition, an analysis of the temporal evolution of the electron energy distribution function (EEDF) is carried out for various C2H2 concentrations considering the effects produced by electron-vibrational superelastic collisions and relative concentration of excited Ar atoms. Finally, the morphological and tribological features of the deposited films are characterized.
F.J.G-V. acknowledges partial financial support from CSIC-CAM (Project No. 200550M016 and 200650M016) and MEC (Projects No. MAT2006-13006-C02-01 and ENE2006-14577-C04-03). C.G-A. acknowledges partial financial support from MEC (Projects No. MAT2002-04085-02-02 and MAT2006-13006-C02-01). Both authors acknowledge partial support from “Fundación Domingo Martínez” (Project No. 4.2).
Peer reviewed
URI: http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/2662
Other Identifiers: Chemical Vapor Deposition, 13 (2007): 326-334.
0948-1907
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/2662
10.1002/cvde.200606554
Appears in Collections:Digital Csic

Files in This Item:
There are no files associated with this item.


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.