RETRACTED: Carbon impact on surface morphology and electrical properties of Cu-TiC thin film

In recent years, synthesis of TiC reinforced Cu matrix composites are comprehensively utilized for industrial applications. Synthesis of Cu-TiC as a thin film can also be an intriguing challenge for such applications. In this work, Cu-TiC thin film was deposited by DC magnetron co-sputtering method...

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Main Authors: Avishek Roy, Shilabati Hembram, Manojit Ghosh, Abhijit Majumdar
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Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab7e49
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description In recent years, synthesis of TiC reinforced Cu matrix composites are comprehensively utilized for industrial applications. Synthesis of Cu-TiC as a thin film can also be an intriguing challenge for such applications. In this work, Cu-TiC thin film was deposited by DC magnetron co-sputtering method and examined to investigate the role of C content on the micro-structure, electrical conductivity and surface morphology by using XRD, UV–vis spectroscopy, I-V characteristics, AFM, SEM and EDX analysis. The wt% of C was varied from 14 to 67% while depositing the Cu-TiC films. All the films have resulted to be polycrystalline with Cu and TiC phases. The optical band-gap has decreased from 2.59 to 1.93 eV and the refractive index got enhanced from 2.92 to 3.38 with increase in wt% of C. The ideality factor, electrical resistance, surface roughness across the films has also decreased as wt% of C was increased in Cu-TiC films.
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spelling doaj-art-877fbd32faf84302a43bf20140dbb3bb2025-08-20T02:13:52ZengIOP PublishingMaterials Research Express2053-15912020-01-017303640610.1088/2053-1591/ab7e49RETRACTED: Carbon impact on surface morphology and electrical properties of Cu-TiC thin filmAvishek Roy0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7784-1455Shilabati Hembram1Manojit Ghosh2Abhijit Majumdar3Department of Electronics, Vidyasagar College , 39 Sankar Ghosh Lane, Kolkata-700006, India; Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology , Shibpur, Howrah-711103, IndiaDepartment of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology , Shibpur, Howrah-711103, IndiaDepartment of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology , Shibpur, Howrah-711103, IndiaDepartment of Physics, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology , Shibpur, Howrah-711103, IndiaIn recent years, synthesis of TiC reinforced Cu matrix composites are comprehensively utilized for industrial applications. Synthesis of Cu-TiC as a thin film can also be an intriguing challenge for such applications. In this work, Cu-TiC thin film was deposited by DC magnetron co-sputtering method and examined to investigate the role of C content on the micro-structure, electrical conductivity and surface morphology by using XRD, UV–vis spectroscopy, I-V characteristics, AFM, SEM and EDX analysis. The wt% of C was varied from 14 to 67% while depositing the Cu-TiC films. All the films have resulted to be polycrystalline with Cu and TiC phases. The optical band-gap has decreased from 2.59 to 1.93 eV and the refractive index got enhanced from 2.92 to 3.38 with increase in wt% of C. The ideality factor, electrical resistance, surface roughness across the films has also decreased as wt% of C was increased in Cu-TiC films.https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab7e49DC magnetron sputteringC contentXRDoptical band-gapsurface morphology
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RETRACTED: Carbon impact on surface morphology and electrical properties of Cu-TiC thin film
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DC magnetron sputtering
C content
XRD
optical band-gap
surface morphology
title RETRACTED: Carbon impact on surface morphology and electrical properties of Cu-TiC thin film
title_full RETRACTED: Carbon impact on surface morphology and electrical properties of Cu-TiC thin film
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title_full_unstemmed RETRACTED: Carbon impact on surface morphology and electrical properties of Cu-TiC thin film
title_short RETRACTED: Carbon impact on surface morphology and electrical properties of Cu-TiC thin film
title_sort retracted carbon impact on surface morphology and electrical properties of cu tic thin film
topic DC magnetron sputtering
C content
XRD
optical band-gap
surface morphology
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