Dramatically enhanced mechanical properties of diamond-like carbon films on polymer substrate for flexible display devices via argon plasma pretreatment

Autor: Jen Ai Lee, Albert Yin Tung Sun, Chii-Ruey Lin, Chi Wen Liu, Po Chuan Pan
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Chemical Physics. 529:110551
ISSN: 0301-0104
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2019.110551
Popis: Hydrogen-free diamond-like carbon (DLC) films have been deposited on polyimide (PI) substrate at room temperature using the sputtering with a novel nanodiamond target. Also, argon plasma pretreatment procedure for PI substrate was optimized to improve the adhesion and characteristics of the as-prepared DLC film. The deposited DLC film on the PI substrate pretreated with −400 V of bias voltage was found to possess the highest sp3 bonding fraction of 53%, the pencil hardness of 3H, and the optical transmittance of 82%, respectively. The research work demonstrates prosperous applications of DLC films in the protective coating for commercialized optoelectronic devices.
Databáze: OpenAIRE