Local structure of composite Cr-containing diamond-like carbon thin films

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1280-1286

  Singh, V ^a   Palshin, V ^a   Tittsworth, R C ^a   Meletis, E I ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical structure; Diamond like carbon; Plasma deposition

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DIAMONDS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS;

DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON; PLASMA DEPOSITION;

CARBON;

EID: 33644981056     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.10.048     Document Type: Article

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