Relationship between the structure and electrical characteristics of diamond-like carbon films
Relationship between the structure and electrical characteristics of diamond-like carbon films
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DOI:
10.1063/1.4894626
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发表时间:
2014-09
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3.2
通讯作者:
Radek Ješko
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作者:
Radek Ješko
To elucidate the relationship between the structure and the electrical characteristics of diamond-like carbon (DLC) films, DLC films were synthesized in a well-controlled glow discharge with the aid of photoelectrons in an argon/methane atmosphere. The dielectric constant and breakdown strength of the films exhibited opposite behaviors, depending on the total pressure during the synthesis. The product of these two values decreased monotonically as the pressure increased. The Raman spectra were analyzed with a Voigt-type formula. Based on the results, the authors propose the “sp2 cluster model” for the DLC structure. This model consists of conductive clusters of sp2 carbons surrounded by a dielectric matrix sea of sp2 carbon, sp3 carbon, and hydrogen, and indicates that the dielectric constant of the whole DLC film is determined by the balance between the dielectric constant of the matrix and the total size of the clusters, while the breakdown strength is determined by the reciprocal of the cluster size. T...