The growth of transparent amorphous carbon thin films from coal

Carbon

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-28

  Vijapur, Santosh H ^a   Wang, Dan ^a   Botte, Gerardine G ^a  

^a US Institute of Navigation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON (A-C); AMORPHOUS CARBON THIN FILMS; BIOMEDICAL IMPLANTS; CARBON THIN FILMS; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE SPECTRUM; SOLID CARBON SOURCES; SPECTRAL RANGE; SYNTHESIZED CARBON; VARIOUS SUBSTRATES;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DIODES; FILM THICKNESS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MAGNETIC STORAGE; OPACITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84872863788     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.10.065     Document Type: Article

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