Structural and optical properties o plasma-deposited a-C:H:Si:O:N films
Abstract Thin a-C:H:Si:O:N films were deposited from plasmas fed hexamethyldisiloxane, oxygen and nitrogen, and characterized as a function of the partial pressure of oxygen in the feed, Rox. Deposition rates varied from 10 to 27 nm min-1. Surface roughness was independent of Rox, being around 10 nm. The films contain C=C and C=O, and also Si-C and Si-O-Si groups. Lower [C] and [N] but greater [O] and [Si] were measured in the films as Rox was increased. Refractive indices of ~ 1.5 and optical energy gaps which fell from ~ 3.3 to ~2.3 eV were observed with increasing Rox. The Urbach energy fell with increasing optical gap, which is characteristic of amorphous materials. Such materials have potential as transparent barrier coatings.
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| Format: | Digital revista |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Polímeros
2021
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| Online Access: | http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-14282021000300410 |
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