Co-sputtering C-Cu thin film synthesis:: microstructural study of copper precipitates encapsulated into a carbon matrix

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Cabioc'h, T
Naudon, A
Jaouen, M
Thiaudiére, D
Babonneau, D
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[1] Univ Poitiers, Met Phys Lab, UMR 6630, CNRS,SP2MI, F-86960 Futuroscope, France
[2] Lab Utilisat Rayonnement Electromagnet, F-91405 Orsay, France
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PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE B-PHYSICS OF CONDENSED MATTER STATISTICAL MECHANICS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES | 1999年 / 79卷 / 03期
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10.1080/13642819908206423
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Co-sputtered C-Cu thin film depositions have been performed in the temperature range 80-873 K, the atomic carbon concentration varying from 16% to 96%. To characterize the microstructure of the C-Cu thin films, transmission electron microscopy, extended X-ray absorption fine structure and grazing incidence small angle X-ray scattering experiments have been used. During the deposition process, a demixing occurs of the carbon and copper species due to their very low solubilities that leads to the formation of nanometric copper precipitates homogeneously distributed in a more or less graphitic matrix. These precipitates have an elongated shape in the direction of the thin film growth. When the deposition was performed at 273 K for copper atomic concentrations C-Cu > 55%, as well as for all thin films synthesized at 573 K whatever the C-Cu value, the formation of graphene layers parallel to the surface of the copper precipitates was observed so that an encapsulation of the Gu aggregates in carbon cages occurs. We propose that surface diffusion of the different species occurring during the deposition process leads to the demixing of carbon and copper. Thus, we suggest that the copper acts as a catalyst for graphitization of carbon to explain the formation of such structures at temperatures as low as those used in these experiments.
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