Abstract:
Using trans-two butylene (T
2B) and hydrogen (H
2) as the work gas, the glow discharge polymer (GDP) thin film was obtained at various flow ratios of T
2B/H
2 by low pressure plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (LPPE-CVD). The dependence of plasma composition and ionization ratio on the flow ratio of T
2B/H
2 during the deposition of film was investigated using mass spectrometer. As well as, white-light interferometer (WLI) and scanning electron microscope (SEM) were employed to determine the dependence of the surface roughness and surface morphology of GDP thin film on the flow ratio of T
2B/H
2. The results show that the ionization ratio of plasma increases at first and then decreases with increase of the T
2B/H
2 flow ratio. At the T
2B/H
2 flow ratio of 0.8∶10, the dissociation degree of precursor and the number of ion fragment reach the maximum. With the increase of the T
2B/H
2 flow ratio, the surface roughness decreases at first and then increases. At the T
2B/H
2 flow ratio of 0.6∶10, the surface root-mean-square roughness
Rq reaches the minimum of 39.1 nm.