<strong>Nanoindentation study on nitrogenated tetrahedral amorphous carbon thin films with ultra low load</strong>
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<strong>Nanoindentation study on nitrogenated tetrahedral amorphous carbon thin films with ultra low load</strong> |
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Tripathi, Ravi Kant Panwar, O S; CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, Chockalingam, Sreekumar |
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specific instrumentation and techniques of general use in physics Thin films; Arc discharges; Nanoindentation; Nanomechanical properties |
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This paper reports the improved nanomechanical properties of as grown and nitrogen incorporated tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C, ta-C: N) films deposited by S-bend filtered cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA) technique using nanoindentation. The effect of varying amount of nitrogen incorporation on the nanomechanical properties of ta-C films deposited at a high substrate bias of -300 V at ultra low load of 1.4 mN has been studied. It has been found that the nitrogenation has improved the mechanical properties of ta-C films. The hardness <em>H</em> of 27.8 GPa with improvement of ~30 % and plastic index parameter (ratio of <em>H</em> to elastic modulus <em>E</em>) (<em>H</em>/<em>E</em>) of 0.091 with improvement of ~ 25 % has been obtained for ta-C: N films deposited at a nitrogen partial pressure of 1.9 10<sup>-2</sup> Pa. Improved <em>H</em> and <em>H</em>/<em>E</em> of ta-C: N films may be due to the better ionization and incorporation of nitrogen in a carbon matrix at the high negative substrate bias used in the deposition of FCVA technique. |
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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics (IJPAP) 2016-09-22 14:14:31 |
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Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics (IJPAP); ##issue.vol## 54, ##issue.no## 9 (2016): Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics |
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