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Structural Characterization of the Thermal Evolution of Tetrahedrally Coordinated Amorphous Carbon Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

L. J. Martinez-Miranda ,
J. P. Sullivan ,
T. A. Friedmann ,
M. P. Siegal  and
N. J. DiNardo
L. J. Martinez-Miranda
Affiliation:
Dept. of Materials and Nuclear Eng., University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742–2115, martinez@eng.umd.edu
J. P. Sullivan
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
T. A. Friedmann
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
M. P. Siegal
Affiliation:
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185
N. J. DiNardo
Affiliation:
Dept. of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA 19104; Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
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Abstract

We present the results of a post-deposition annealing structural study on amorphous tetrahedrally-coordinated carbon (a-tC) films on Si(100) prepared by pulsed-laser deposition. Films as-deposited and post-annealed at 200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 °C, respectively, are studied using combined x-ray reflectivity and low-angle scattering measurements. The scans are fit to the Fresnel equations to obtain values for average film density, film and interface thickness, and film and interface roughness. We observe a correlation between the evolution of film density, roughness and the spacing of quasi-periodic structures in the films as a function of annealing temperature. We relate the evolution of these structural features with previous measurements of the resistivity and the observed stress release in these films.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 498: Symposium AA – Covalently Bonded Disordered Thin-Film Materials , 1997 , 55
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1998

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