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1989

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Nature Of Carbon-Carbon Bonding In Evaporated And Ion-Sputtered (Diamondlike) Amorphous Carbon From (E, 2e) Spectroscopy, Chao Gao, Yun Yu Wang, A. L. Ritter, John R. Dennison Feb 1989

Nature Of Carbon-Carbon Bonding In Evaporated And Ion-Sputtered (Diamondlike) Amorphous Carbon From (E, 2e) Spectroscopy, Chao Gao, Yun Yu Wang, A. L. Ritter, John R. Dennison

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The local carbon-carbon bonding in evaporated (e-C) and ion-sputtered (i-C) amorphous carbon has been investigated by transmission electron-energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS) and by (e, 2e) spectroscopy. The EELS data indicate that the e-C is graphiclike and the i-C is diamondlike. The (e, 2e) data demonstrate that the concentration of sp2 bonding is ∼100% in both materials (0.85≤csp2≤1.0) for e-C and 0.75≤csp2≤1.0 for i-C). There is significant rehybridization of the π orbital in i-C.