Revisiting thin film of glassy carbon

0542481 - FZÚ 2022 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Diaf, H. - Pereira, A. - Melinon, P. - Blanchard, N. - Bourquard, F. - Garrelie, F. - Donnet, Ch. - Vondráček, Martin
Revisiting thin film of glassy carbon.
Physical Review Materials. Roč. 4, č. 6 (2020), č. článku 066002. ISSN 2475-9953. E-ISSN 2475-9953
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) EF16_019/0000760
Grant - others:OP VVV - SOLID21(XE) CZ.02.1.01/0.0/0.0/16_019/0000760
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : HRTEM * SEM * EELS * XPS * PLD * Raman spectroscopy * thin film * glassy carbon
OECD category: Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)
Impact factor: 3.989, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.066002

Glassy carbon (GC) is a chemically stable form of fully sp2-bonded carbon with locally ordered domains. GC is the intermediate material between graphite and diamond combining various properties such as high temperature resistance, hardness, good electrical conductivity, low density, low gases and liquids permeability, and excellent resistance to a wide range of aggressive chemical environments. These characteristics make it a very promising material for many applications, but unfortunately it is not widely used because of the high temperatures required for its synthesis. In this work, synthesis of glassy carbon thin films by means of laser ablation of carbon targets under vacuum or in gaseous helium, followed by a nanosecond laser irradiation of the deposited films, is presented. In particular, it is demonstrated that the amorphous structure of a thin film can be efficiently modified to the one of glassy carbon film by nanosecond UV laser irradiation.

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