| abstract |
The present invention generally provides carbon materials and methods for producing the carbon materials that include a polymer-like bonded carbon network, a diamond-like bonded carbon network, a graphene-like bonded carbon network, and at least one stabilizing network of at least one alloying element. The material may further include hydrogen, silicone, and oxygen. The carbon materials are generally produced using plasma deposition while accounting for both thermal and incident particle impact activation for surface reactions, which beneficially enables the production of the carbon material at relevantly low incident flux energy and/or relatively low substrate temperatures. |