Fraunhofer-Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST
Name Index of Carbon Coatings
Classification of carbon films
  Carbon films
Designation 1 Plasma-
polymer
films
2 Amorphous carbon films (diamond-like-carbon films / DLC) 3 Crystalline carbon films
Diamond films Graphite
films
Thin film /
thick film
Thin film Thin film Thin film Thick film
(free standing)
Thin film
Doping,
additional
elements
  hydrogen-free hydrogenated undoped doped undoped doped undoped
    modified     modified
with metal with metal with
non-metal
Crystal size
on the
growth side
./. (amorphous) 1 to
500 nm,
nano-
crystalline
0.5 to
10 µm,
mikro-
crystalline
0.1 to
5 µm
(5 µm to)
80 to
500 µm
80 to
500 µm
 
Predomina-
ting C-C-
bond type
sp2 or sp3,
linear
bond
sp2 sp3 sp2 sp2 or sp3 sp3 sp2 sp2 sp3 sp3 sp3 sp3 sp3 sp2
Film No. 1 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6
Designation Plasma-
polymer
film
Hydrogen-
free
amorphous
carbon
film
Tetrahedral
hydrogen-
free
amorphous
carbon
film
Metal-
containing
hydrogen-
free
amorphous
carbon
film
Hydrogenated
amorphous
carbon
film
Tetrahedral
hydrogenated
amorphous
carbon
film
Metal-
containing
hydrogenated
amorphous
carbon
film
Modified
hydrogenated
amorphous
carbon
film
nano-
crystalline
CVD
diamond
film
micro-
crystalline
CVD
diamond
film
doped
CVD
diamond
film
CVD
diamond
doped
CVD
diamond
graphite
film
Recom-
mended
abbreviation
./. a-C ta-C a-C:Me a-C:H ta-C:H a-C:H:Me
(Me = W, Ti, ...)
a-C:H:X
(X = Si, O, N,
F, B, ...)
./. ./. ./. ./. ./. ./.
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