2012/05/02 by Martin Magnuson, Matilda Andersson, Jun Lu +2 · 1 citation
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced materials and composites #Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research #Metal and Thin Film Mechanics #cond-mat.mes-hall #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #physics.atm-clus
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0953-8984/24/22/225004
published as Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 24, 225004 (2012) · 11 pages, 4 figures, http://iopscience.iop.org/0953-8984/24/22/225004/
openalex publication_date 2012/05/02 · arxiv created 2012/05/03 · arxiv updated 2012/05/04 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
The microstructure, electronic structure and chemical bonding of chromium carbide thin films with different carbon contents have been investigated with high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy and soft x-ray absorption-emission spectroscopies. Most of the films can be described as amorphous nanocomposites with non-crystalline CrC(x) in an amorphous carbon matrix. At high carbon contents, graphene-like structures are formed in the amorphous carbon matrix. At 47 at.% carbon content, randomly oriented nanocrystallites are formed creating a complex microstructure of three components. The soft x-ray absorption-emission study shows additional peak structures exhibiting non-octahedral coordination and bonding.