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The surface of evaporated carbon films is an insulating, high-bandgap material.

ABSTRACT: The electrical conductance and the optical density of evaporated carbon films are measured as a function of the thickness of the films. The resulting data show that up to a thickness of approximately 4 nm, carbon films are optically transparent and electrically insulating. The same data also suggest that this insulating character persists near to the surface when the overall thickness is further increased. Since a support film with poor surface conductivity is undesirable for many applications in electron microscopy, we suggest that the usefulness of evaporated carbon films in electron microscopy might be further improved by doping or by other methods that improve the electrical conductivity near the surface.

SUBMITTER: Larson DM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3086603 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The surface of evaporated carbon films is an insulating, high-bandgap material.

Larson David M DM Downing Kenneth H KH Glaeser Robert M RM

Journal of structural biology 20110219 2

The electrical conductance and the optical density of evaporated carbon films are measured as a function of the thickness of the films. The resulting data show that up to a thickness of approximately 4 nm, carbon films are optically transparent and electrically insulating. The same data also suggest that this insulating character persists near to the surface when the overall thickness is further increased. Since a support film with poor surface conductivity is undesirable for many applications i ...[more]

PMID: 21338687

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