简介:Titaniumnitride(TIN)filmsweredepositedonAISI304stainlesssteelsubstratesusinghollowcathodeplasmaphysicalvapordeposition(HC-PVD).TitaniumwasintroducedbyerodingtheTicathodenozzleandTiNwasformedinthepresenceofanitrogenplasmaexcitedbyradiofrequency(RF).Thesubstratebiasvoltagewasvariedfrom0to-300Vandtheuniformityinfilmthickness,surfaceroughness,crystalsize,microhardnessandwearresistanceforthefilmwithadiameterof20mmwasevaluated.Althoughthecentralzoneoftheplasmahadthehighestiondensity,thefilmthicknessdidnotvaryappreciablyacrossthesample.Theresultsfromatomicforcemicroscopy(AFM)revealedalowsurfaceroughnessdominatedbyanisland-likemorphologywithasimilarcrystalsizeontheentiresurface.Highermicrohardnesswasmeasuredatthecentralzoneofthesample.Thesampletreatedat-200Vhadexcellenttribologicalpropertiesanduniformity.
简介:Nuclearbindingenergies,chargeradiiandthechargedistributionsofeven-eventin(Sn)isotopesarecalculatedusingrelativisticmeanfieldtheory,andthetheoreticalresultsarefoundtobeinaccordancewiththeexperimentaldata.ThenuclearchargeformfactorsforSnisotopesarecalculatedusingthephase-shiftanalysismethod.ItisshownthattheminimaofthechargeformfactorsshiftupwardandinwardwithanincreaseintheneutronnumberoftheSnisotopes.
简介:Inthiswork,laserinducedtungstenplasmahasbeeninvestigatedintheabsenceandpresenceof0.6Tstatictransversemagneticfieldatatmosphericpressureinair.Thespectroscopiccharacterizationoflaserinducedtungstenplasmawasexperimentallystudiedusingspace-resolvedemissionspectroscopy.Theatomicemissionlinesoftungstenshowedasignificantenhancementinthepresenceofamagneticfield,whiletheionicemissionlinesoftungstenpresentedlittlechange.Temporalvariationoftheopticalemissionlinesoftungstenindicatedthattheatomicemissiontimeinthepresenceofamagneticfieldwaslongerthanthatintheabsenceofamagneticfield,whilenosignificantchangesoccurredfortheionicemissiontime.Thespatialresolutionofopticalemissionlinesoftungstendemonstratedthatthespatialdistributionofatomsandionswereseparated.Theinfluenceofamagneticfieldonthespatialdistributionofatomswasremarkable,whereasthespatialdistributionofionswaslittleinfluencedbythemagneticfield.Thedifferentbehaviorsbetweenionsandatomswithandwithoutmagneticfieldinairwererelatedtothevariousatomicprocessesespeciallytheelectronsandionsrecombinationprocessduringtheplasmaexpansionandcoolingprocess.
简介:Indiumtinoxide(ITO)transparentconductingfilmwastreatedwithoxygenplasmaimmersionionimplantation(PIII).X-rayphotoelectronspectroscopy(XPS)wasemployedtocharacterizetheeffect.Theresultssuggestedthattheoxygencontentinthesurfacewasincreasedandmaintainedformorethan50hcomparedwithtraditionalplasma-treatedsamples.Meanwhile,theworkfunctionofITOestimatedbycomparingthepeakshiftintheXPSdiagramsuggestedacorrespondingincreasebymorethan1eV.