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Effects of the experimental conditions on the growth of crystalline ZnSe nano-needles by pulsed laser deposition
Crystalline ZnSe nano-needles have been grown by pulsed laser deposition on Ni-coated substrates. In order to study the mechanism for the growth of ZnSe nano-needles, the experiment conditions including cataly...
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Self-assembled growth of carbon nitride nanocones using abnormal glow discharge
Crystalline carbon nitride nanocones with intact appearances and the minimum apex diameter of 2–3 nm have been grown vertically on Co-covered Si substrates, using the direct-current abnormal glow discharge pla...
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Chemical Structure and Micro-Mechanical Properties of Ultra-Thin Films of Boron Carbide Prepared by Pulsed-Laser Deposition
Ultra-thin boron carbide films with a thickness of about 40 nm were deposited on silicon substrates by means of pulsed-laser ablation of a sintered B4C target in vacuum. Together with the determination of the fil...
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Electron Cyclotron Resonance Plasma-assisted Reactive Pulsed Laser Deposition of Compound Films
A novel method was developed for low-temperature preparation of thin films. Pulsed laser ablation was combined with electron cyclotron resonance microwave discharge, constituting a novel hybrid film preparatio...
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Formation of CNx thin films by reactive pulsed laser deposition assisted by electron cyclotron resonance microwave discharge
Amorphous carbon nitride thin films were synthesized by pulsed laser deposition combined with electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) microwave discharge in nitrogen gas. The ECR discharge supplies active nitrogen ...
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Low-temperature synthesis of AlN films through electron cyclotron resonance plasma-aided reactive pulsed laser deposition
Combination of pulsed laser ablation with electron cyclotron resonance microwave discharge was demonstrated for a novel method for low-temperature thin film growth. Aluminum nitride thin films were synthesized...
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Optical studies on the deposition of carbon nitride films by laser ablation
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Carbon nitride films synthesized by nitrogen ion beam bombarding on C60 films
or \valunit{1000}{\eV} ) nitrogen ion beam was used to bombard \chem{C_{60}} films to synthesize carbon nitride films. The bombarded films...