Abstract
Nanocrystalline TiN thin films have been deposited by DC reactive magnetron sputtering on brass and gold coated brass substrates. Atomic force microscope images of the 20nm thickness films indicate that grain sizes are in the range of 30–70nm. Specular reflectance in the visible and near infrared region is between 5 and 30%. Reflectance minima, attributed to surface plasmon resonances, are observed in the region between 1.7 and 2.5eV depending on percentage of nitrogen in the sputtering gas mixture. The plasmon resonances can be tuned by varying the N2 percentage in the sputtering atmosphere. Specular reflectance and dielectric functions of films aged in air for one year show that the changes in values are very negligible. The ultra-thin TiN films can, thus, be used as capping layers to protect brass and gold surfaces from ambient environment corrosion.
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