(Ti, Al)N/MoN and CrN/MoN multilayered films were synthesized on Si (100) surface by multi-cathodic arc ion plating system with various bilayer periods. The elemental composition and depth profiling of the films were investigated by Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS) using 2.42 and 1.52 MeV Li2+ ion beams and different incident angles (0°, 15°, 37°, and 53°). The microstructures of (T...

Nitrogen doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C:N) thin films were grown on p-Si(1 1 1) substrates using filtered cathodic vacuum arc (FCVA) deposition by varying nitrogen flow rate. The effect of nitrogen flow rate on the corrosion performance of the films was investigated through potentiodynamic polarization and immersion tests in 0.6 M NaCl solutions. The polarization results showed that t...

steel pipelines are susceptible to corrosion by the action of corrosive substance in the environment and one of the most common failure modes in buried pipeline coatingis cathodic disbondment. consequently, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (eis) was used to assess the effect of three important parameters, the thickness of coating, the artificial defect and electrolyte type, on cathodic di...

The soot produced as a byproduct of fullerene synthesis by arc-evaporation consists of a microporous carbon with a surface area, after activation with carbon dioxide, of ca. 700 m2 g-’. Here, we investigate the structure of this material, and its appearance after electron irradiation and high-temperature heat treatment, using highresolution electron microscopy. We show that the heat treatment t...

We developed a method to fabricate an array of silver non-planar nano-arc-gaps via inverted hemispherical colloidal lithography and shadow metal evaporation methods. It is found that there is a localized surface plasmon mode which results in extraordinary optical transmission. The electric field is strongly localized at the nano-arc-gap region and therefore induces a resonance that has an ultra...

New metal–carbon clusters, M4C9 + (M = Ti, V), generated using a combined thermal arc discharge evaporation set-up, have been studied with quadrupole mass spectrometry. Reactivities of these clusters have been investigated by means of association reactions with H2O. Metal–carbon clusters of other compositions have also been studied. We speculate on the mechanism of formation of larger metal–car...

Mg–Cu alloy nanoparticles were in situ prepared by a physical vapor condensation method (arc discharge) in a mixture of argon and hydrogen. Four crystalline phases, Mg, Mg2Cu, MgCu2 and MgO, were formed simultaneously during the arc-discharge evaporation. Detailed experiments revealed that nanostructured hydrogen-active phases of Mg2Cu and Mg exhibit enhanced hydrogen absorption kinetics possib...

Fullerenes, a new form of carbon, were discovered in 1985 [1] in graphite vaporization under inert gas at low pressure. Fullerenes have many properties different from either diamond or graphite. Potential applications include superconductors, sensors, catalysts, optical and electronic devices, polymer composites, high-energy fuels and biological and medical materials. But wide application of fu...