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Effect of deposition time on surface plasmon resonance and Maxwell-Garnett absorption in RF-magnetron sputtered carbon-nickel films Cover

Effect of deposition time on surface plasmon resonance and Maxwell-Garnett absorption in RF-magnetron sputtered carbon-nickel films

Materials Science-Poland
Volume 34 (2016): Issue 2 (June 2016)
By: Vali Dalouji  
Open Access
|May 2016

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Fig. 1

FESEM images of C–Ni films deposited at deposition times of 50 s (a), 90 s (b), 180 s (c) and 600 s (d), and the size distribution of Ni nanoparticles of C–Ni films deposited at 180 s (e) and 600 s (f), respectively.

Fig. 2

EDAX spectrum of C–Ni film deposited at 600 s (a) and variation of Ni content with deposition time (b).

Fig. 3

The experimental absorption spectra of C–Ni films for the films deposited at different deposition times.

Fig. 4

Variation of ωp and νf (a), εbulk(ω) and εm, (b) and Ni nanoparticle size (c) of the C–Ni films with respect to the deposition time.

Fig. 5

The theoretical Maxwel-Garnett absorption spectra (a) and the imaginary part of the effective dielectric constant εeff (b) of C–Ni films for the films obtained at different deposition times.

Fig. 6

Variation of resistivity with temperature for the films deposited for 50 s, 90 s, 180 s and 600 s.

Optical parameters of the C-Ni films deposited at different deposition times_

DepositionNiNi nanoparticleεbulkεmωρ × 1015νf × 1017
time [s][at.%]size [nm][1/s][cm/s]
504216.440.99910.056923.114.31
904816.761.18480.091444.214.26
1808582.2124.18890.401587.2610.72
6005617.9511.05760.135415.377.32
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2016-0050 | Journal eISSN: 2083-134X | Journal ISSN: 2083-1331
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Language: English
Page range: 337 - 343
Submitted on: Jul 25, 2015
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Accepted on: Mar 11, 2016
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Published on: May 24, 2016
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
surface plasmon resonance (SPR),
carbon-nickel films,
deposition time,
deposition rate
Related subjects:
Materials sciences,
Materials sciences, other,
Nanomaterials,
Functional and smart materials,
Materials characterization and properties

© 2016 Vali Dalouji, published by Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
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