Recent progress in plasma performance in experiments on controlled thermonuclear fusion
will lead to next-generation fusion experiments with the ultimate goal to make a power …

Nano-crystalline diamond is prepared with a unique method in which a graphite target is
etched by a high-power pulsed laser in water. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and …

Hydrogen-free amorphous carbon films produced by direct deposition of low energy carbon
ions exhibit diamond-like properties such as extreme hardness, large band gap and high …

Authored by leading experts from around the world, the three-volume Handbook of
Nanostructured Thin Films and Coatings gives scientific researchers and product engineers …

Nanocrystalline diamond films have been deposited using a microwave plasma consisting
of argon, 2–10% hydrogen and a carbon precursor such as C60 or CH4. It was found that it …

Direct ion-beam deposition of Si+ 28 ions for homoepitaxial film growth on Si {100} has been
studied over the ion-energy range of 8–80 eV in the low-temperature range of 40–500 C …

Nanostructural characterization of amorphous diamondlike carbon (a− C) films grown on
silicon using pulsed-laser deposition (PLD) is correlated to both growth energetics and film …

Diamond‐like carbon films have been deposited onto clean, unseeded substrates using a
hybrid ion beam technique. In this method the ion fluences available for acceleration were …

Under the influence of extreme contact pressure and high factional heating, the real contact
areas of diamond films may undergo phase transformation and gradual wear during long …

Low energy (10–300 eV) mass‐selected C+ ion beams are used to deposit thin carbon films
on surfaces of Si (100), Ni (111), Ta, W, and Au in a UHV environment at room temperature …