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[15p-P6-15] DLC On-site Deposition by Atmospheric-Pressure Pen-like Plasma
Keywords:atmospheric-pressure microplasma, DLC films, plasma CVD
A pen-like plasma source has been proposed to achieve the on-site DLC deposition. The plasma was generated by RF (13.56 MHz) excitation of a surgical needle electrode. DLC thin films were synthesized on Si substrate by plasma CVD using a gas mixture of CH4 and He. The film characteristic depended significantly on the plasma-substrate distance; d. Raman spectroscopy showed two broad peaks of D-band and G-band and FT-IR spectrum revealed that the films consist of sp2 and sp3 bondings with large H atoms. The maximum value of HIT was 11.1 GPa (Hv: 1052) at d = 1 mm. On the other hand, the films deposited at d = 10 mm were glassy carbon-like.