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Gold film with gold nitride-A conductor but harder than gold

Šiller, L.; Peltekis, N.; Krishnamurthy, S.; Chao, Y.; Bull, S.J.; Hunt, M.R.C.

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Authors

L. Šiller

N. Peltekis

S. Krishnamurthy

Y. Chao

S.J. Bull



Abstract

The formation of surface nitrides on gold films is a particularly attractive proposition, addressing the need to produce harder, but still conductive, gold coatings which reduce wear but avoid the pollution associated with conventional additives. Here we report production of large area gold nitride films on silicon substrates, using reactive ion sputtering and plasma etching, without the need for ultrahigh vacuum. Nanoindentation data show that gold nitride films have a hardness ~50% greater than that of pure gold. These results are important for large-scale applications of gold nitride in coatings and electronics.

Citation

Šiller, L., Peltekis, N., Krishnamurthy, S., Chao, Y., Bull, S., & Hunt, M. (2005). Gold film with gold nitride-A conductor but harder than gold. Applied Physics Letters, 86(22), https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1941471

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date May 30, 2005
Deposit Date Dec 4, 2006
Publicly Available Date Apr 21, 2011
Journal Applied Physics Letters
Print ISSN 0003-6951
Electronic ISSN 1077-3118
Publisher American Institute of Physics
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 86
Issue 22
DOI https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1941471
Keywords Gold, Metallic thin films, Gold compounds, Hardness, Wear resistant coatings, Sputtered coatings, Sputter etching, Indentation.

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© 2005 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Šiller, L. and Peltekis, N. and Krishnamurthy, S. and Chao, Y. and Bull, S. J. and Hunt, M. R. C. (2005) 'Gold film with gold nitride-A conductor but harder than gold.', Applied physics letters., 86 (22). p. 221912 and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1941471





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