PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF AMORPHOUS HYDROGENATED A-SI1-XCX-H COATINGS DEPOSITED BY RF PLASMA-ENHANCED CVD

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MENEVE, J [1 ]
DEKEMPENEER, E [1 ]
JACOBS, R [1 ]
EERSELS, L [1 ]
VANDENBERGH, V [1 ]
SMEETS, J [1 ]
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[1] VITO, DEPT MAT, B-2400 MOL, BELGIUM
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10.1016/0925-9635(92)90164-J
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This paper reports on the properties of a-Si1 - xCx:H thin films (0.5≤x≤1) grown by radio frequency (RF) plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition at low temperatures (below 300 °C), starting from CH4 SiH4 gas mixtures. The films were characterized by electron probe microanalysis and by the determination of the optical constants (optical gap Eopt and refractive index n). Ball-on-disk friction measurements showed a strong composition dependence of the friction behavior. For x=0.7, a friction coefficient of 0.07 was found in a wet nitrogen atmosphere (50% relative humidity). Scanning electron microscopy-energy dispersing X-ray analysis showed that the wear mechanism consists in material transfer from the coating to the counterbody (steel ball or aluminum pin). © 1992.
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