Mechanical and tribological properties of a-C:H:F Thin Films
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2013-07-01
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Santos, N. M. [UNESP]
Mota, Rogério Pinto [UNESP]
Honda, R. Y. [UNESP]
Algatti, M. A. [UNESP]
Kostov, K. G. [UNESP]
Kayama, M. E. [UNESP]
Nascente, P. A P
Cruz, N. C. [UNESP]
Rangel, E. C. [UNESP]
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a-C:H films were grown by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition in atmospheres composed by 30 % of acetylene and 70 % of argon. Radiofrequency signal (RF) was supplied to the sample holder to generate the depositing plasmas. Deposition time and pressure were chosen 300 s and 9.5 Pa, respectively, while the excitation power changed from 5 to 125 W. The films were exposed to a post-deposition treatment during 300 s in RF-plasmas (13.56 MHz, 70 W) excited from 13.33 Pa of SF6. Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy were used to evaluate the microstructure and chemical composition of the films. The thickness was measured by perfilometry. Hardness and friction coefficient were determined from nanoindentation and risk tests, respectively. With increasing power, the film thickness reduced, but a further shrinkage occurred upon the fluorination process. After that, the molecular structure was observed to vary with deposition power. Fluorine was detected in all samples replacing H atoms. Consistently with the elevation in the proportion of C atoms with sp3 hybridization, hardness increased from 2 to 18 GPa. Friction coefficient also increased with power due to the generation of dangling bonds during the fluorination process. © 2012 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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PECVD, SF6 treatment, Surface modification, Chemical compositions, Deposition power, Excitation power, Friction coefficients, Mechanical and tribological properties, Post deposition treatment, Radiofrequency signals, Fluorination, Friction, Hardness, Photoelectrons, Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, Sulfur hexafluoride, Surface treatment, X ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Deposition
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Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, v. 26, n. 7, p. 2525-2528, 2013.