Title :
Binary C-Ag Plasma Breakdown and Structural Characterization of the Deposited Thin Films by Thermionic Vacuum Arc Method
Author :
Mandes, Aurelia ; Vladoiu, Rodica ; Dinca, Virginia ; Prodan, Gabriel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Plasma Phys., OVIDIUS Univ. of Constanta, Constanta, Romania
Abstract :
Binary elemental plasma of carbon and silver was synthesized using the thermionic vacuum arc technology for the first time in this configuration. The structural investigations of the deposited silver/amorphous carbon (Ag/a-C) nanocomposites thin film on different materials, such as Si, glass, and stainless steel OLC 45 substrates performed by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy were reported, as well as the modification of the properties at the nanometer level.
Keywords :
amorphous state; carbon; nanocomposites; nanofabrication; plasma deposition; silver; thin films; transmission electron microscopy; vacuum deposition; Ag-C; Si; Si substrates; SiO2; binary C-Ag plasma breakdown; binary elemental plasma; glass substrates; high-resolution transmission electron microscopy; silver-amorphous carbon nanocomposite thin films; stainless steel OLC 45 substrates; structural characterization; structural investigations; thermionic vacuum arc method; Carbon; Plasmas; Silicon; Silver; Steel; Substrates; Vacuum arcs; Arc discharges; nanocomposites; transmission electron microscopy; transmission electron microscopy.;
Journal_Title :
Plasma Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TPS.2014.2323086
