<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Diamond-like carbon (DLC) thin films were prepared by hydrothermal electrochemical method in one-step process. The structural characterization of these films was carried out by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman spectroscopy, and infrared reflectance spectroscopy (IR). It was found that there was an increased sp2 carbon content but decreased sp3 carbon and hydrogen contents with an increase in current density. The flexibility and internal stresses of the DLC films were affected by hydrogen, sp3 amorphous carbon and ordered crystalline sp2 carbon contents. The highly flexible DLC films with high sp3 carbon and hydrogen contents were prepared at a current density of 0.001 mA/cm<sup>2</sup>.</p></abstract>

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) thin films were prepared by hydrothermal electrochemical method in one-step process. The structural characterization of these films was carried out by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman spectroscopy, and infrared reflectance spectroscopy (IR). It was found that there was an increased sp2 carbon content but decreased sp3 carbon and hydrogen contents with an increase in current density. The flexibility and internal stresses of the DLC films were affected by hydrogen, sp3 amorphous carbon and ordered crystalline sp2 carbon contents. The highly flexible DLC films with high sp3 carbon and hydrogen contents were prepared at a current density of 0.001 mA/cm2.

Flexible diamond-like carbon film prepared by hydrothermal electrochemical method

Materials Science-Poland

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Diamond-like carbon (DLC) thin films were prepared by hydrothermal electrochemical method in one-step process. The structural characterization of these films...

Flexible diamond-like carbon film prepared by hydrothermal electrochemical method

Published Online: Oct 31, 2017

Page range: 447 - 453

Received: May 10, 2015

Accepted: Oct 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2017-0087

Keywords
diamond-like carbon, thin film, flexible, hydrothermal electrochemical method

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Flexible diamond-like carbon film prepared by hydrothermal electrochemical method

Published Online: Oct 31, 2017

Page range: 447 - 453

Received: May 10, 2015

Accepted: Oct 01, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2017-0087

Keywordsdiamond-like carbon, thin film, flexible, hydrothermal electrochemical method

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
diamond-like carbon, thin film, flexible, hydrothermal electrochemical method