The Role of Substrate Temperature and Magnetic Filtering for DLC by Cathodic Arc Evaporation
- Diamond-like carbon (DLC) films were deposited using two different types of high current arc evaporation. The first process used a magnetic particle filter to remove droplets from the plasma. For the second process, the samples were put into a metallic cage which was placed directly above the plasma source. For both processes, we varied the substrate temperature from 21 to 350 °C in order to investigate the temperature effect. The samples were characterized using SEM, AFM, XPS, Raman Spectroscopy, Ellipsometry, Photometry, and Nano Indentation in order to compare both methods of deposition and provide a careful characterization of such DLC films. We found that the sp3 content and the hardness can be precisely adjusted by changing the substrate temperature. Furthermore, in the case of unfiltered deposition, the optical constants can be shifted in the direction of higher absorbance in order to produce black and hard carbon coatings.
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus4-12295 |
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| Publisher DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings9050345 |
| Author: | Helge Lux, Matthias Edling, Massimiliano LucciORCiD, Julia Kitzmann, Claus VillringerORCiD, Peter Siemroth, Fabio De MatteisORCiD, Sigurd SchraderORCiD |
| ISSN: | 2079-6412 |
| Parent Title (English): | Coatings |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| First Page: | 345 |
| Faculties an central facilities: | Fachbereich Ingenieur- und Naturwissenschaften |
| Publishing Institution: | Technische Hochschule Wildau |
| Tag: | DLC; arc evaporation; ellipsometry; hardness; optical constant; substrate temperature; ta-C |
| Source: | Lux, H.; Edling, M.; Lucci, M.; Kitzmann, J.; Villringer, C.; Siemroth, P.; De Matteis, F.; Schrader, S. The Role of Substrate Temperature and Magnetic Filtering for DLC by Cathodic Arc Evaporation. Coatings 2019, 9, 345. |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 62 Ingenieurwissenschaften / 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und zugeordnete Tätigkeiten |
| Funding: | DFG-geförderter Publikationsfonds |
| Licence (German): | Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
| Release Date: | 2019/06/03 |



