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Theoretical prediction and synthesis of CSxFy thin films
Linköping University, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Thin Film Physics. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9464-5111
Linköping University, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Thin Film Physics. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.
Linköping University, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Thin Film Physics. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.
Linköping University, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Thin Film Physics. Linköping University, Faculty of Science & Engineering.
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2016 (English)In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ISSN 1932-7447, E-ISSN 1932-7455, Vol. 120, no 17, p. 9527-9534Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

A new carbon-based compound: CSxFy was addressed by density functional theory calculations and synthesized by reactive magnetron sputtering. Geometry optimizations and energy calculations were performed on graphene-like model systems containing sulfur and fluorine atoms. It is shown that [S+F] concentrations in the range of 0−10 at.%, structural ordered characteristics similar to graphene pieces containing ring defects are energetically feasible. The modeling predicts that CSxFy thin films with graphite and fullerene-like characteristics may be obtained for the mentioned concentration range. Accordingly, thin films were synthesized from a graphite solid target and sulfur hexafluoride as reactive gas. In agreement with the theoretical prediction, transmission electron microscopy characterization and selected area electron diffraction confirmed the presence of small ordered clusters with graphitic features in a sample containing 0.4 at.% of S and 3.4 at.% of F.

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American Chemical Society (ACS), 2016. Vol. 120, no 17, p. 9527-9534
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URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-121470DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.6b02718ISI: 000375631100060OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-121470DiVA, id: diva2:855443
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funding agencies: Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF) [RMA11-0029]; Carl Trygger Foundation for Scientific Research; Swedish Research Council [642-2013-8020]; ERC [258509]; Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation; Swedish Government Strategic Research Area in Materials at Linkoping University 

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1. Nanostructured carbon-based thin films: prediction and design
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2015 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
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Carbon-based thin films are a vast group of materials of great technological importance. Thanks to the different bonding options for carbon, a large variety of structures (from amorphous to nanostructured) can be achieved in the process of film synthesis. The structural diversity increases even more if carbon is combined with relatively small quantities of atoms of other elements. This results in a set of materials with many different interesting properties for a wide range of technological applications.

This doctoral thesis is about nanostructured carbon-based thin films. In particular, the focus is set on theoretical modeling, prediction of structural features and design of sulfo carbide (CSx) and carbon fluoride (CFx) thin films.

The theoretical approach follows the synthetic growth concept (SGC) which is based on the density functional theory. The SGC departure point is the fact that the nanostructured films of interest can be modeled as assemblies of low dimensional units (e.g., finite graphene-like model systems), similarly to modeling graphite as stacks of graphene sheets. Moreover, the SGC includes a description of the groups of atoms that act as building blocks (i.e., precursors) during film deposition, as well as their interaction with the growing film.

This thesis consists of two main parts:

Prediction: In this work, I show that nanostructured CSx thin films can be expected for sulfur contents up to 20 atomic % with structural characteristics that go from graphite-like to fullerene-like (FL). In the case of CFx thin films, a diversity of structures are predicted depending on the fluorine concentration. Short range ordered structures, such as FL structure, can be expected for low concentrations (up to 5 atomic %). For increasing fluorine concentration, diamond-like and polymeric structures should predominate. As a special case, I also studied the ternary system CSxFy. The calculations show that CSxFy thin films with nanostructured features should be possible to synthesize at low sulfur and fluorine concentrations and the structural characteristics can be described and explained in terms of the binaries CSx and CFx.

Design: The carbon-based thin films predicted in this thesis were synthesized by magnetron sputtering. The results from my calculations regarding structure and composition, and analysis of precursors (availability and role during deposition process) were successfully combined with the experimental techniques in the quest of obtaining films with desired structural features and understanding their properties.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Linköping: Linköping University Electronic Press, 2015. p. 79
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Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations, ISSN 0345-7524 ; 1696
Keywords
carbon, carbon-based, thin films, fullerene-like, modeling, dft
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Condensed Matter Physics Nano Technology
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urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-121021 (URN)10.3384/diss.diva-121021 (DOI)978-91-7685-976-6 (ISBN)
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2015-10-16, Planck, Fysikhuset, Campus Valla, Linköping, 10:15 (English)
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