ELEMENTAL COMPOSITION AND MICROSTRUCTURE OF REACTIVELY SPUTTERED CARBON NITRIDE THIN-FILMS

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KUMAR, S
TANSLEY, TL
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[1] Semiconductor Science and Technology Laboratories, Physics Department, Macquarie University, Sydney
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10.1063/1.357329
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O59 [应用物理学];
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Thin films of carbon nitride have been grown on various substrates using low power radio frequency reactive sputtering of graphite in pure nitrogen plasma. A quantitative composition analysis using Rutherford backscattering spectrometry shows that the film contains about 51 at. % C, 44 at. % N, and 5 at. % O. The study of the microstructure of the films using cross-sectional scanning electron microscopy reveals highly oriented columnar structures.
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