Hard silicon carbonitride films obtained by RF-plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition using the single-source precursor bis(trimethylsilyl)carbodiimide

Autor: Edwin Kroke, Daniel Probst, A. Thissen, Erhard Broszeit, Ralf Hauser, Peter Kroll, Herbert Stafast, Holger Hoche, Yanping Zhou, Ralf Riedel
Rok vydání: 2006
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Zdroj: Journal of the European Ceramic Society. 26:1325-1335
ISSN: 0955-2219
Popis: Amorphous silicon carbon nitride (Si/C/N) coatings were prepared on steel substrates by RF plasma-enhanced chemical vapour deposition (RF-PECVD) from the single-source precursor bis(trimethylsilyl)carbodiimide (BTSC). The films were characterised by X-ray diffraction (XRD), ellipsometry, FTIR, glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GDOES), optical microscopy, AFM, hardness measurements, scratch-, tribological- and corrosion-tests. The results of these studies show that the coatings obtained on the RF-powered electrode (cathode) were black, thick (>20 μm) and hard (21–29 GPa), while those grown on the grounded electrode (anode) were yellow, thin (
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