Influence of silver incorporation on the structural and electrical properties of diamond-like carbon thin films

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2725-2732

  Dwivedi, Neeraj ^a,b   Kumar, Sushil ^a   Carey, J David ^c   Tripathi, R K ^a   Malik, Hitendra K ^b   Dalai, M K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diamond like carbon; field emission; microscopy; Raman spectroscopy; silver; threshold field

Indexed keywords

BONDING ENVIRONMENT; DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON; DIAMOND-LIKE CARBON THIN FILMS; FIELD EMISSION DEVICES; SIMPLE APPROACH; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE ASPERITIES; THRESHOLD FIELDS;

CARBON FILMS; DIAMOND LIKE CARBON FILMS; DIAMONDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FIELD EMISSION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NITROGEN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; REDUCTION; THIN FILMS;

SILVER;

EID: 84876121954     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4003183     Document Type: Article

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