diamond-like carbon thin films
Surface roughness and infra-red study of diamond-like carbon thin films
... of diamond-like carbon thin films, but most of them involve the high cost of construction and ...of diamond-like carbon, providing the low-cost system is the most ...
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UV-Vis characterization of diamond-like carbon thin films deposited using (DC-PECVD)
... depositing thin films of diamond on a variety of substrate materials, we now have the ability to exploit these superlative properties in many new and exciting ...
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Nitrogen and Boron Doped Diamond Like Carbon Thin Films Synthesis by Electrodeposition from Organic Liquids and Their Characterization
... substrates like glass, silica ...a:DLC films on nonconduc- tive substrates by the method of ...amorphous diamond like carbon films on glass substrates by using a fine wire mesh ...
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Complete characterization by Raman spectroscopy of the structural properties of thin hydrogenated diamond-like carbon films exposed to rapid thermal annealing
... hydrogenated diamond- like carbon (DLC:H) films subjected to rapid thermal annealing (RTA, 1 s up to 659 C) and to resolve the structural differences between films grown by ...
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In-situ reflection-XANES study of ZDDP and MoDTC lubricant films formed on steel and diamond like carbon (DLC) surfaces
... is thin (few hundred of nanometres), patchy in nature and chemically a long-chain zinc poly(thio)phosphate film, superimposed on a thicker short-chain mixed Fe/Zn polyphosphate film [4, ...a carbon-rich ...
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Effect of Diamond-Like Carbon Thin Film on the Fatigue Strength of AISI 4340 Steel
... Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films originated from hydrocarbon sources are carbon-based films that present a structure similar to diamond without the bond angles that exist ...
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Spectroellipsometric characterization and modeling of plasmonic diamond like carbon nanocomposite films with embedded Ag nanoparticles
... Now, let us consider absorption of the composite thin films with filling fraction 0.08 and 0.22 (they corres- pond to the silver atomic concentration 22 and 8 at.%, respectively). Comparison of the ...
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The Wear Resistance of Cryogenically Treated Diamond-Like Carbon Films
... During the experiment, cryogenic treatment was performed to stabilize NAK80 mold steel. After quenching and tempering, the specimens were covered with a thin DLC film and slowly cooled to - 300 °F at a rate of ...
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Improvement of Thermal Stability and Tribological Performance of Diamond Like Carbon Composite Thin Films
... In the case of the high temperature condition, the fric- tion coefficient of the Si-N-DLC (23 at.%Si, 8 at.%N) film is compared with that of the non-coated Si-N-DLC film in Figure 7, measured at 500˚C. As shown in Fig- ...
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Photochemical Modification of Hydrogenated Diamond-Like Carbon Films with Acrylic Acid to Increase Antibody Immobilization
... In this procedure, 3μL AA liquid was dropped on the DH film surface which placed on a quartz slide (3×3 cm2). Then a second quartz slide covered on the film trapping a thin liquid film over the surface[12]. The ...
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Characterization of Films with Thickness Less than 10 nm by Sensitivity Enhanced Atomic Force Acoustic Microscopy
... The method we previously developed, termed sensitiv- ity-enhanced AFAM [12], is extended in this letter to the determination of the elastic modulus of ultrathin films. The demonstration was carried out for DLC ...
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Diamond like carbon/epoxy low friction coatings to replace electroplated chromium
... demonstrating the importance of optimising the chemical and structural configuration of the carbon layer. However, it is also particularly important to place emphasis on the mechanical properties of the epoxy ...
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Paramagnetic defects in thin carbon films
... on diamond can show a resonance spectrum from single substitutional nitrogen, the so-called PI centre [28, 29], an isolated im purity nitrogen atom substituted for carbon in the diam ond ...ain ...
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Surface Functionalisation and Characterization of Diamond Thin Films for Sensing Applications
... pling with a drop of carrier density variations upon pH changes. All these effects lead to the conclusion that in NCD most of the findings are determined by the presence of defects and grain boundaries, which seem to ...
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Photovoltaic Properties and Ultrafast Plasmon Relaxation Dynamics of Diamond Like Carbon Nanocomposite Films with Embedded Ag Nanoparticles
... of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films with embedded Ag nanoparticles (DLC:Ag) and photovoltaic properties of heterojunctions consisting of DLC:Ag and crystalline silicon (DLC:Ag/Si) were ...
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Thermionic Energy Conversion and Particle Detection Using Diamond and Diamond-Like Carbon Surfaces
... would like to thank the people who have meant so much to me personally over the years: James Hartsell, John Carr, John Borwick, Harrison Lord, Grant Palmquist, Sharif Durhams, Lars Pastewka, Hannah Randall, and ...
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Synthesis and Analysis of Thin Conducting Pyrolytic Carbon Films
... with different growth times in order to measure transmittance of films of different thicknesses. Growth conditions involved a temperature of 950 o C and a pressure of 20 Torr. Representative absorbance spectra for ...
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Photochemically modified diamond-like carbon surfaces for neural interfaces
... synthetic diamond is pre- pared under harsh conditions, usually requiring high temperatures and pressures, prohibiting its deposition upon biological or soft materials or upon common tissue culture substrates such ...
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Electron Emission of Graphene Diamond Hybrid Films Using Paraffin Wax as Diamond Seeding Source
... of diamond from kitchen wrap-polyethylene ...for diamond nu- cleation using paraffin wax as the seeding ...hybrid films were also fabricated using the same seeding source for ...hybrid films ...
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Permeability of Ultra-Thin Amorphous Carbon Films
... of carbon atoms (bottom – to top) being q c 38 , 34, 30 nm -3 ...of carbon atoms q c 47 nm -3 and is impassable for helium atoms at a rate corresponding to the reference ...
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