Panwar, Omvir Singh and Khan, Mohd. Alim and Kumar, Mahesh and Sonnada , Math Shivaprasad and Bukinakere , Subbakrihniah Satyanarayana and Dixit, Prakash Narain and Bhattacharyya, Raghunath (2009) Characterization of Boron- and Phosphorous-Incorporated Tetrahedral Amorphous Carbon Films Deposited by the Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc Process. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics , 48 (6). 065501-1- 065501-8. ISSN 1347-4065

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Abstract

This paper reports the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray-induced Auger electron spectroscopy (XAES), and Raman studies of boron- and phosphorous-incorporated tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) films deposited by the filtered cathodic vacuum arc process. A systematic study of the influence of varying boron (B) and phosphorous (P) content on the properties of the as-grown ta-C films deposited at high negative substrate bias (-300 V) is reported by analyzing the C 1s, B 1s, and P 1s core levels using photoelectron spectroscopy. The sp3 and sp2 contents in the films were determined by measuring the width of the X-ray-induced Auger peaks. B incorporation in ta-C films up to 2.0 at. % increases the sp2 content and decreases the sp3 content by 3.6%, whereas P incorporation up to 2.0 at. % results in an increase of sp2 content and decrease of sp3 content by ∼ 30%. The valence band spectra show changes in the Fermi level as B and P are incorporated into the ta-C films. The characteristic Raman spectra confirm the high sp3 content in the deposited films. Thus, the study demonstrates, in the case of high negative substrate bias films, that a pronounced decrease in sp3 fraction or the diamond-like nature of the ta-C films occurs upon P incorporation in comparison to that upon B incorporation.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to M/s Japan Society of Applied Physics.
Subjects:	Physics
Divisions:	UNSPECIFIED
Depositing User:	Ms Neetu Chandra
Date Deposited:	14 Aug 2012 12:09
Last Modified:	14 Aug 2012 12:09
URI:	http://npl.csircentral.net/id/eprint/418

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