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Chemical state of nitrogen atoms in the carbon films prepared from differen
t organic precursors (different polyimides, POD and PAN) was studied by XPS
and chemical analysis. In the carbon films prepared from all these precurs
ors by the heat-treatment up to 1200 degrees C, nitrogen atoms give a singl
e XPS peak at 401 eV, suggesting that nitrogen atoms substitute carbon atom
s in hexagonal carbon layers. (C) 1998 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. A
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