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Z-Contrast Imaging and EELS Analysis of Chromium Doped Diamond-Like Carbon

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 July 2020

X. Fan ,
E.C. Dickey  and
S.J. Pennycook
X. Fan
Affiliation:
Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN37831 Department Of Chemical And Materials Engineering, University Of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, Ky, 40506
E.C. Dickey
Affiliation:
Department Of Chemical And Materials Engineering, University Of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, Ky, 40506
S.J. Pennycook
Affiliation:
Solid State Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN37831
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Diamond-like carbon (DLC) has attracted considerable interest with a variety of potential applications [1]. A new class of amorphous films has been produced recently by incorporating metals within the carbon network. The electrical conductivity of these films varies a wide range, however nonlinear with the metal concentration. It is believed it is because metals may form clusters. Such nano-phase metal cluster encapsulated by an inert matrix can offer interesting applications, for example as nano-electrodes used in electrochemistry[2]. It is therefore fundamentally important to observe the metal cluster formation. By using Z-contrast imaging [3], the metal distribution can be directly determined on the atomic level. The local metal concentration and other electronic properties cafi also be analyzed by spatial resolved electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS)

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Compositional Imaging and Spectroscopy
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Microscopy and Microanalysis , Volume 5 , Issue S2: Proceedings: Microscopy & Microanalysis '99, Microscopy Society of America 57th Annual Meeting, Microbeam Analysis Society 33rd Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon August 1-5, 1999 , August 1999 , pp. 650 - 651
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