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Nickel Mediated Transformation of Amorphous Carbon to Graphite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 February 2011

Toshio Itoh  and
Robert Sinclair
Toshio Itoh
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
Robert Sinclair
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305
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Abstract

Reactions between Ni and amorphous carbon (a-C) below 600°C have been investigated using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and in situ annealing in a transmission electron microscopy (TEM) of Ni/a-C layered films deposited by DC sputtering. DSC data show that there are two exothermic peaks in the temperature range around 200-600°C. One is a weak and broad peak below 500°C and the other is a strong and sharp peak at around 530°C. In situ heating in the TEM revealed that the low temperature peak corresponds to a series of reactions for nickel carbide (Ni3C) formation and decomposition into Ni and carbon, most likely in a glassy state. The higher temperature peak was found to correspond to graphitization of a-C by a solution-precipitation mechanism. Graphite formed in this process is strongly textured with the (0002) graphite basal planes parallel to the original Ni/a-C interface.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 349: Symposium T – Novel Forms of Carbon II , 1994 , 31
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1994

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