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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 February 2011
In this study are reported results on the processing of nickel thin films by metal-organic chemical vapor deposition starting from nickelocene, at atmospheric and reduced pressures, and at temperatures varying between 150 °C and 300 °C. Films present a Volmer-Weber type nodular morphology. Nodules are composed of small crystallites, the mean size of which is about 50 nm. Carbon (up to 10 at. % depending on processing conditions) is incorporated at interstitial rather than intergranular position in the films. High operating pressure favors carbonfree films. An analysis of the gas phase reaction by mass spectrometry is presented in order to understand the mechanisms of the carbon contamination of the deposits.