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Deposition of diamond-like thin films has been achieved using mass-sep
arated C+, CH3+ and CH4+ ion beams of energies between 1 and 40 keV. C
haracterization using different methods shows that the structure and p
hysical properties of the films obtained are closer to those of diamon
d when 30-40 keV CH3+ or CH4+ ion beams are used. The hydrogen concent
ration, measured with elastic recoil detection analysis, is lower than
1 at.% for all the 30 keV hydrocarbon beams used.