Probabilistic analysis of tetrahedral carbon hybridization in amorphous carbon films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Wan, D ^a   Komvopoulos, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BONDING; COLLISION ANALYSIS; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; HYBRIDIZATION;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CARBON; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ION BOMBARDMENT; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; PROBABILITY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 33744779886     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2204841     Document Type: Article

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