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Influence of annealing process on surface micromorphology of carbon–nickel composite thin films

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In this research, we investigated carbon–nickel composite films prepared by RF-magnetron co-sputtering on quartz substrates using a multi-component target (10 cm in diameter) consisting of pure graphite (99.99%) and strips of pure nickel (approx. 2 cm2 in size) attached to the graphite race track, that corresponds to around 2.5% in area. The substrates were ultrasonically cleaned in acetone bath for 20 min and dried in hot air flow prior to deposition process. The films were grown at room temperature in a deposition chamber evacuated to a base pressure 1 × 10−3 N/m2 and then the constant Argon working pressure of 4 N/m2 was settled and maintained by throttle valve. Deposition was done in constant RF power regime 400 W. The films were deposited for 600 s and then annealed for 2 h in a furnace at the temperature: 300, 500, 800 and 1000 °C under ambient atmospheric pressure.

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  1. Department of AET, Discipline of Descriptive Geometry and Engineering Graphics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 103-105 B-dul Muncii St., 400641, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Ştefan Ţălu

  2. Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Oczapowskiego 11, 10-719, Olsztyn, Poland

    Miroslaw Bramowicz

  3. Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Sloneczna 54, 10-710, Olsztyn, Poland

    Slawomir Kulesza

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Malayer University, Malayer, Iran

    Vali Dalouji

  5. Department of Physics, Shahr-e-Qods Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Mansoure Ilkhani

  6. Department of Physics, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Atefeh Ghaderi

  7. Department of Physics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Shahram Solaymani

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Ţălu, Ş., Bramowicz, M., Kulesza, S. et al. Influence of annealing process on surface micromorphology of carbon–nickel composite thin films. Opt Quant Electron 49, 204 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-017-1040-5

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