Hydrogen-induced structural changes in tetrahedral amorphous carbon

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Abstract
The influence of hydrogen on the structure and properties of tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C) is studied by tight-binding molecular-dynamics simulations. The results show that hydrogen tends to break carbon-carbon bonds in ta-C. Reduction of C-C coordinations makes ta-C softer and introduces more electronic states in the energy-gap region.