Paramagnetic centres and microstructure of reactively sputtered amorphous carbon nitride thin films

被引:16
作者
Fanchini, G
Ray, SC
Tagliaferro, A
Laurenti, E
机构
[1] Politecn Torino, Dipartimento Fis, I-10129 Turin, Italy
[2] Politecn Torino, Unita INFM, I-10129 Turin, Italy
[3] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Chim, IFM, I-10125 Turin, Italy
关键词
carbon nitride; paramagnetism; electron-spin-resonance; nitrogen;
D O I
10.1016/S0925-9635(01)00715-4
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
We discuss the structural (Raman, infrared) and Paramagnetic (electron-spin-resonance) characterisation of a set of amorphous carbon nitride thin films. Some features of the ESR signal are different with respect to non-nitrogenated sp(2)-rich amorphous carbons (a-C). For instance, the temperature dependence of the ESR line-width indicates that the spin mobility may occur by hopping and not by extended states as in a-C. The peculiar ESR features of a more semimetallic-like sample, are discussed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码:1143 / 1148
页数:6
相关论文
共 26 条
[1]  
[Anonymous], 1976, AIP C P
[2]  
Ashcroft N. W., 1976, Solid state physics, P36
[3]   ELECTRICAL-CONDUCTIVITY OF AMORPHOUS-CARBON AND AMORPHOUS HYDROGENATED CARBON [J].
DASGUPTA, D ;
DEMICHELIS, F ;
TAGLIAFERRO, A .
PHILOSOPHICAL MAGAZINE B-PHYSICS OF CONDENSED MATTER STATISTICAL MECHANICS ELECTRONIC OPTICAL AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES, 1991, 63 (06) :1255-1266
[4]   TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENCE ANALYSIS OF THE ELECTRON-PARAMAGNETIC-RESONANCE SIGNAL AND ELECTRICAL-CONDUCTIVITY IN AC AND A-C-H [J].
DEMICHELIS, F ;
DEMARTINO, C ;
TAGLIAFERRO, A ;
FANCIULLI, M .
DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, 1994, 3 (4-6) :844-848
[5]   DEPOSITION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF AMORPHOUS-CARBON NITRIDE THIN-FILMS [J].
DEMICHELIS, F ;
RONG, XF ;
SCHREITER, S ;
TAGLIAFERRO, A ;
DEMARTINO, C .
DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, 1995, 4 (04) :361-365
[6]   HIGH-ENERGY PHOTOLUMINESCENCE IN LOW TAUC GAP A-C-H-N [J].
DEMICHELIS, F ;
LIU, YC ;
RONG, XF ;
SCHREITER, S ;
TAGLIAFERRO, A .
SOLID STATE COMMUNICATIONS, 1995, 95 (07) :475-477
[7]   NEW APPROACH TO OPTICAL ANALYSIS OF ABSORBING THIN SOLID FILMS [J].
DEMICHELIS, F ;
KANIADAKIS, G ;
TAGLIAFERRO, A ;
TRESSO, E .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1987, 26 (09) :1737-1740
[8]  
FANCHINI G, IN PRRESS SURF COAT
[9]   Interpretation of Raman spectra of disordered and amorphous carbon [J].
Ferrari, AC ;
Robertson, J .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 2000, 61 (20) :14095-14107
[10]  
Giorgis F., 1998, AMORPHOUS CARBON STA, P143