Electronic and topographic structure of ta-C, ta-C:N and ta-C:B investigated by scanning tunnelling microscopy

Diamond and Related Materials

Volumn 8, Issue 2-5, 1999, Pages 435-439

  Arena, C ^a   Kleinsorge, B ^a   Robertson, J ^a   Milne, W I ^a   Welland, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Doping; Electronic states; Scanning tunnelling microscopy; Tetrahedral amorphous carbon

Indexed keywords

BORON; CARBON; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NITROGEN; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY (STS);

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 0032621074     PISSN: 09259635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0925-9635(98)00267-2     Document Type: Short Survey

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