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Electrical Properties of Hard Carbon Films

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

Walter Varhue
Affiliation:
Dept. of Electrical Eng., University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405
Kiril Pandelisev
Affiliation:
Cominco Ltd./P.O. Box 3000, Trail, British Columbia, Canada VIR 455
Brian Shinseki
Affiliation:
Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ
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Abstract

The electrical resistivity, optical band gap and activation energy for electrical conduction have been determined as a function of preparation conditions. The operating conditions for the glow discharge reactor have been interpreted in terms of ion energy and reactive species production. The change in the electrical properties could not be explained as a percentage of [SP3] versus [SP2] bonding ratio. Rather, these two species are embedded in an amorphous medium which determines the materials electrical properties.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1989

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