| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 38, Number 6, May III 1997
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 471 - 476 | |
| Section | Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1997-00270-x | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Carbon onions thin film formation and characterization
1
Université de Poitiers, Laboratoire de Métallurgie Physique, UMR 6630 CNRS, SP2MI, Bd3, Téléport 2, BP. 179, 86960 Futuroscope Cedex
2
Laboratoire d'Études des Microstructures, ONERA-CNRS, B.P. 72, 92322 Châtillon Cedex, France
Received:
29
November
1996
Accepted:
8
April
1997
Spherical carbon onions (10-20 nm in size) have been
synthesized by high-fluence (
) 120 keV
carbon-ion implantation in silver substrates heated at 
. We
report Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) observations obtained from these
carbon clusters. Atomic Force Microscopy images of the implanted surface
assess the formation of a high density of spherical carbon onions. The
implantation process used here can become a powerful technique to synthesize
thin films constituted of large quantities of carbon onions and thus opens new
opportunities to study their unknown properties.
PACS: 81.15.Tv – Other methods of film growth and epitaxy / 68.55.-a – Thin film structure and morphology
© EDP Sciences, 1997
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.