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Fabrication of amorphous diamond films

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OSTI ID:870201
Amorphous diamond films having a significant reduction in intrinsic stress are prepared by biasing a substrate to be coated and depositing carbon ions thereon under controlled temperature conditions.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
Assignee:
Regents of University of California (Oakland, CA)
Patent Number(s):
US 5474816
OSTI ID:
870201
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

Internal stress reduction by nitrogen incorporation in hard amorphous carbon thin films journal June 1992
Structure and bonding studies of the C:N thin films produced by rf sputtering method journal November 1990
Compressive-stress-induced formation of thin-film tetrahedral amorphous carbon journal August 1991
Diamond and diamond-like phases journal August 1991