Atomic hydrogen interactions with amorphous carbon thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 106, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Jariwala, Bhavin N ^a   Ciobanu, Cristian V ^a   Agarwal, Sumit ^a  

^a Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-C:H FILMS; AMORPHOUS CARBON THIN FILMS; ATOMIC HYDROGEN INTERACTION; ATOMIC-SCALE INTERACTION; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTIONS; C ATOMS; C-C BONDS; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS CARBON (A-C:H); HYDROGENATION REACTIONS; IN-SITU; MD SIMULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; REACTION EVENTS; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; AMORPHOUS CARBON; ATOMS; CARBON FILMS; CHEMICAL BONDS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HYDROGEN; HYDROGENATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REACTION KINETICS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

AMORPHOUS FILMS;

EID: 70350102374     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3238305     Document Type: Article

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