Growth and characteristics of metal-containing diamond-like carbon using a self-assembled process

Carbon

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1210-1217

  Wu, Wan Yu ^a   Ting, Jyh Ming ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diamond like carbon; Microstructure; Plasma reactions; Sputtering; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SELF ASSEMBLY; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON; PLASMA REACTIONS;

CARBON;

EID: 33644988732     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2005.10.051     Document Type: Article

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