The stability of nitrogen-containing amorphous carbon films after annealing at moderate temperatures

Diamond and Related Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 2-5, 1998, Pages 495-498

  Burden, A P ^a   Mendoza, E ^a   Silva, S R P ^a   Amaratunga, G A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amorphous carbon; Annealing; Nitrogen; Optical band gap

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CARBON; FILMS; NITROGEN; TEMPERATURE;

OPTICAL BAND-GAP;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 0031994422     PISSN: 09259635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0925-9635(97)00243-4     Document Type: Article

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