nanoparticles was studied critically. The films were deposited on glass and Si (100)
substrates by using capacitatively coupled plasma chemical vapor deposition. Stresses in
the films were determined from the broadening of the optical absorption tail and were found
to decrease from 2.3 GPa to 0.48 GPa with increasing gold content (2–7at.% Au) in the DLC
matrix. Gold incorporation also made the films harder than the corresponding DLC coatings …