Abstract
This work investigates the C K-edge x-ray absorption near-edge structure (XANES), valence-band photoelectron spectroscopy (PES), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra of Si-doped hydrogenated amorphous carbon films. The C K-edge XANES and valence-band PES spectra indicate that the sp2/sp3 population ratio decreases as the amount of tetramethylsilane vapor precursor increases during deposition, which suggest that Si doping% enhances sp3 and reduces sp2-bonding configurations. FTIR spectra show the formation of a polymeric sp3 C-Hn structure and Si-Hn bonds, which causes the Young's modulus and hardness of the films to decrease with the increase of the Si content. Copyright American Institute of Physics 2004
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4022-4024 |
Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
Volume | 85 |
Issue number | 18 |
Early online date | 3 Nov 2004 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published online - 3 Nov 2004 |
Keywords
- diamond-like carbon
- hydrogen
- silicon
- thin films
- amorphous state
- XANES
- valence bands
- Young's modulus
- hardness
- impurity distribution
- infrared spectra
- Fourier transform spectra
- photoelectron spectroscopy