Abstract
A comprehensive study of the stress release and structural changes caused by postdeposition thermal annealing of tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) on Si has been carried out. Complete stress relief occurs at 600–700 °C and is accompanied by minimal structural modifications, as indicated by electron energy loss spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and optical gap measurements. Further annealing in vacuum converts sp3 sites to sp2 with a drastic change occurring after 1100 °C. The field emitting behavior is substantially retained up to the complete stress relief, confirming that ta-C is a robust emitting material.
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Created | 23 years, 1 month ago (July 26, 2002, 8:39 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 7 months ago (Feb. 5, 2024, 11:32 a.m.) |
Indexed | 1 week, 3 days ago (Aug. 26, 2025, 3:13 a.m.) |
Issued | 26 years, 3 months ago (May 15, 1999) |
Published | 26 years, 3 months ago (May 15, 1999) |
Published Print | 26 years, 3 months ago (May 15, 1999) |
@article{Ferrari_1999, title={Stress reduction and bond stability during thermal annealing of tetrahedral amorphous carbon}, volume={85}, ISSN={1089-7550}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.370531}, DOI={10.1063/1.370531}, number={10}, journal={Journal of Applied Physics}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Ferrari, A. C. and Kleinsorge, B. and Morrison, N. A. and Hart, A. and Stolojan, V. and Robertson, J.}, year={1999}, month=may, pages={7191–7197} }