<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A computer simulation program for discharge in a magnetron sputtering device with two erosion zones was developed. Basic laws of the graphite target sputtering process and transport of sputtered material to the substrate were taken into account in the Monte Carlo code. The results of computer simulation for radial distributions of density and energy flux of carbon atoms on the substrate (at different values of discharge current and pressure of the working gas) confirmed the possibility of obtaining qualitative homogeneous films using this magnetron sputtering device. Also the discharge modes were determined for this magnetron sputtering device, in which it was possible to obtain such energy and density of carbon atoms fluxes, which were suitable for deposition of carbon films containing carbon nanotubes and other nanoparticles.</p></abstract>

A computer simulation program for discharge in a magnetron sputtering device with two erosion zones was developed. Basic laws of the graphite target sputtering process and transport of sputtered material to the substrate were taken into account in the Monte Carlo code. The results of computer simulation for radial distributions of density and energy flux of carbon atoms on the substrate (at different values of discharge current and pressure of the working gas) confirmed the possibility of obtaining qualitative homogeneous films using this magnetron sputtering device. Also the discharge modes were determined for this magnetron sputtering device, in which it was possible to obtain such energy and density of carbon atoms fluxes, which were suitable for deposition of carbon films containing carbon nanotubes and other nanoparticles.

Computer simulation of sputtering of graphite target in magnetron sputtering device with two zones of erosion

Taras Shevenko National University of Kyiv, Faculty of Radio Physics, Electronics and Computer Systems, 4G, Prospekt Hlushkov, Kyiv, Ukraine

Materials Science-Poland

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A computer simulation program for discharge in a magnetron sputtering device with two erosion zones was developed. Basic laws of the graphite target sputtering...

Computer simulation of sputtering of graphite target in magnetron sputtering device with two zones of erosion

Published Online: Mar 13, 2015

Page range: 82 - 94

Received: May 21, 2014

Accepted: Sep 20, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/msp-2015-0001

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