IR absorption spectroscopy of deposition process of amorphous carbon film due to ethylene plasma

Masanori Shinohara, Taisuke Tominaga, Hayato Shimomura, Takeshi Ihara, Yoshihito Yagyu, Tamiko Ohshima, Hiroharu Kawasaki

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Abstract

Changes in chemical states of amorphous carbon film during ethylene (C2H4) plasma in the floating potential were investigated with multiple-internal-reflection infrared absorption spectroscopy (MIR-IRAS) and deposition rates. IRAS spectra showed the peaks due to the sp3-CHX were observed, but no peaks due to sp2-CHX were observed. The deposition rate due to ethylene plasma were nearly twice as much as that due to methane plasma, in the same way that the number of carbons in an ethylene molecule is twice as that in a methane molecule. It is suggested that the film growth due to ethylene plasma is the same manner of that due to methane plasma; the plasma-generated hydrocarbon species such as C2H3, C2H5, which are generated in ethylene plasma are adsorbed on dangling bonds which are generated by hydrogen abstraction from the deposited film surface. As a result, the deposited film is comprised of sp3-hydrocarbon components.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)544-550
Number of pages7
JournalIEEJ Transactions on Fundamentals and Materials
Volume138
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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