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TEM investigation of the C-Me multilayer nanocomposites deposited by Thermionic Vacuum Arc (TVA) method

V. CIUPINA1, R. VLADOIU1, A. MANDES1, G. MUSA1, C. P. LUNGU2

Affiliation

  1. Dep. of Physics, Ovidius University, Constanta 900527 Romania
  2. National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, PO Box MG-36, 077125, Bucharest Romania

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the nanostructured carbon-metal bilayers deposited by Thermionic Vacuum Arc (TVA) technology in a special two electron gun configuration. This method allows the simultaneous deposition of different materials, providing the possibility of obtaining multi-component thin films. Thin film deposition process by Thermionic Vacuum Arc (TVA) might become one of the most suitable technologies to significantly improve the quality of the surfaces covered with films in which the coating is bombarded by high energy ions of even depositing materials. The morphology of the thin films surface was examined using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)..

Keywords

Thermionic Vacuum Arc, Multilayer nanocomposites, Carbon-metal, Thin film, Nanocomposite, C-Cu, C-Ag, C-Sn, C-Al, TEM.

Submitted at: Sept. 1, 2008
Accepted at: Nov. 11, 2008

Citation

V. CIUPINA, R. VLADOIU, A. MANDES, G. MUSA, C. P. LUNGU, TEM investigation of the C-Me multilayer nanocomposites deposited by Thermionic Vacuum Arc (TVA) method, Journal of Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials Vol. 10, Iss. 11, pp. 2958-2962 (2008)